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Properties of isolated singularities of some functions taking values in real Clifford algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

John Ryan
John Ryan
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Department of Mathematics, University of York, Heslington, York Y01 5DD
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The study of solutions to special examples of elliptic differential equations, using Clifford algebras, has been developed by a number of authors [4–12, 14–16, 18, 19, 21–30, 32]. This study has also been applied [3, 13, 17, 28] within a number of areas of theoretical physics, including Yang–Mills field theory, and the Kähler equation. Most of the function theories associated to the solutions of these elliptic differential equations, referred to as generalized Cauchy–Riemann equations [21,32], generalize in a natural manner many aspects of classical one-variable complex analysis [1]. For instance, each of these function theories contain analogues of the Cauchy theorem, Cauchy integral formula and Laurent expansion theorem. However, no information has yet been obtained on the local topological behaviour of a general solution to any of these equations.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 95 , Issue 2 , March 1984 , pp. 277 - 298
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1984

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