Topological Decompositions of the Pauli Group and their Influence on Dynamical Systems

Abstract

In the present paper we show that it is possible to obtain the well known Pauli group P = 〈X,Y,Z | X2 = Y2 = Z2 = 1,(YZ)4 = (ZX)4 = (XY)4 = 1〉 of order 16 as an appropriate quotient group of two distinct spaces of orbits of the three dimensional sphere S3. The first of these spaces of orbits is realized via an action of the quaternion group Q8 on S3; the second one via an action of the cyclic group of order four ℤ(4) on S3. We deduce a result of decomposition of P of topological nature and then we find, in connection with the theory of pseudo-fermions, a possible physical interpretation of this decomposition.