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    I Is the choice of metric signature truly just a convention in physics?

    What do you mean by "which Pin group Nature favors" ? If I understood correctly it is possible that some particles are described by Pin(1,3) and others by Pin(3,1), and so Nature could choose one group or the other for differents particles (?).
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    I Is the choice of metric signature truly just a convention in physics?

    You can read p.18 - 20 here https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0012006
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    I Is the choice of metric signature truly just a convention in physics?

    Hello and thank you all for your answers. For my confusion about the Pin groups I understood that in reality you can fix the signature and simply change the definition of the generators of the group. So that's it, everything is clear to me thank you.
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    I Is the choice of metric signature truly just a convention in physics?

    Hello, I've always heard that the choice of signature for the metric was just a matter of convention, i.e. taking (+---) or (-+++) had no physical impact. The groups O(1,3) and O(3,1) being isomorphic it made sense to me. However, I came across an article discussing the Pin(1,3) and Pin(3,1)...
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