The Quaternions and Bott Periodicity Are Quantum Hamiltonian Reductions

Abstract

We show that the Morita equivalences Cliff(4)≃H, Cliff(7)≃Cliff(−1), and Cliff(8)≃R arise from quantizing the Hamiltonian reductions R⁰|4//Spin(3), R⁰|⁷//G₂, and R⁰|⁸//Spin(7), respectively.We show that the Morita equivalences Cliff(4)≃H, Cliff(7)≃Cliff(−1), and Cliff(8)≃R arise from quantizing the Hamiltonian reductions R⁰|⁴//Spin(3), R⁰|⁷//G₂, and R⁰|⁸//Spin(7), respectively.