A Few Comments on Ado’s Theorem and Non-Linear Lie Groups

Abstract

There are claims in the literature on Clifford algebras that every Lie group can be represented as a spin group. In a letter, Pertti Lounesto emphasized, by explicit counter-examples, that this statement is false. This self-contained short paper intends to present a survey of publications of well-known scientists where explicitly developed counter-examples prove the importance of Lounesto’s letter.