Albert J. Crumeyrolle (1919–1992) was a French

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and

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of mathematics at the

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, known for his contributions to

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structures and

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Crumeyrolle was a student of

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under whose supervision he completed a thesis in 1961.Albert J. Crumeyrolle
www.gravityresearchfoundation.org His first important paper after completing his doctorate addressed spinor structures using methods of Clifford algebras developed by

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.Artibano Micali: ''Albert Crumeyrolle: la démarche algébrique d'un géomètre''. In: Pertti Lounesto, Rafał Abłamowicz (ed.): ''Clifford Algebras and Spinor Structures: A Special Volume Dedicated to the Memory of Albert Crumeyrolle (1919--1992)'', Springer Netherlands, 1995, , p. ix–xiv (in French language) Crumeyrolle is known for his major contributions to theories of Clifford algebras and spinor structures. In 1975 he laid the foundations for symplectic Clifford algebra and the symplectic

. An earlier publication by two other authors, Nouazé and Revoy, had appeared three years before in which Weyl algebras were treated from a Cliffordian point of view. Crumeyrolle however drew more attention to the topic, and, as emphasized by Jacques Helmstetter, he contributed original ideas of his own. His work on symplectic Clifford algebras however came under serious critique on mathematical grounds. The mathematician Artibano Micali recalled Crumeyrolle stating that periodicity of Clifford algebras should play a similar role for elementary particle physics as the periodic classification of elements by

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has played for the

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of elements. Crumeyrolle taught in Iran in 1966, in several Europe countries and, in 1973, at

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summer school.

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* ''Orthogonal and symplectic Clifford algebras: Spinor Structures'', 1990 * Albert Crumeyrolle & J. Grifone: ''Symplectic geometry'', Pitman Advanced Publishing Program, 1983 * ''Algèbres de Clifford et spineurs'', 1974 * ''Bases géométriques de la topologie algébrique'', 1970 * ''Compléments d'algèbre moderne'', 1969 * ''Notions fondamentales d'algèbre moderne'', 1967

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