Can spinors be seen as a generalization of tensors,but with complex numbers?
Is correct to say that every tensor is a spinor but not every spinor is a tensor?
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3You can point to a reference which describes what you understand by *spinor* and *tensor*? – 2011-03-30
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0(I'm guessing what you mean:) if a tensor is from a representation of $SO(n)$ and a spinor a representation of its covering group $Spin(n)$ then there are more representations of $Spin(n)$, so the answer is no. – 2011-03-30
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1The question in the text is not quite the same as the question in the title. – 2011-03-30