Self-dual Maxwell fields from Clifford analysis

Robson, C. (2025). Self-dual Maxwell fields from Clifford analysis. Advances in Applied Clifford Algebras, 35(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00006-024-01368-1
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The study of complex functions is based around the study of holomorphic functions, satisfying the Cauchy-Riemann equations. The relatively recent field of Clifford Analysis lets us extend many results from Complex Analysis to higher dimensions. In this paper, I decompose the Cauchy-Riemann equations for a general Clifford algebra into grades using the Geometric Algebra formalism, and show that for the Spacetime Algebra Cl(3, 1) these equations are the equations for a self-dual source free Maxwell field, and for a massless uncharged Spinor. This shows a deep link between fundamental physics and the Clifford geometry of Spacetime.

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