Journal of the
Korean Mathematical Society JKMS

The Clifford algebra of a direct sum of real quadratic spaces appears as the superalgebra tensor product of the Clifford algebras of the summands. The purpose of the current paper is to present a purely set-theoretical version of the superalgebra tensor product which will be applicable equally to groups or to their non-associative analogues --- quasigroups and loops. Our work is part of a project to make supersymmetry an effective tool for the study of combinatorial structures. Starting from group and quasigroup structures on four-element supersets, our superproduct unifies the construction of the eight-element quaternion and dihedral groups, further leading to a loop structure which hybridizes the two groups. All three of these loops share the same character table.

Keywords: Quasigroup, loop, superalgebra, character table

MSC numbers: 20N05, 17A70, 20C15

Supported by: The first author was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF-2017R1D1A3B05029924).