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An algebraic criterion for the existence of spinor structures on homogeneous spaces used in multidimensional models is developed. A method of explicit construction of spinor structures is proposed, and its effectiveness is demonstrated in examples.
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Leningrad State University. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 92, No. 1, pp. 13–23, July, 1992.
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Lyakhovskii, V.D., Mudrov, A.I. Spinor structures on homogeneous spaces. Theor Math Phys 92, 704–710 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01018698
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01018698