Spin representation

Is a particular case of projective representation for the groups SO(n,m) (special orthogonal group with any signature).
Given the group SO(n,m), we can consider the spin group Spin(n,m). Given a representation of Spin(n,m), it may happen that "it descends to" a representation of SO(n,m):

Spin(n,m)ρGL(V)πidSO(n,m)GL(V)

in case that ρ(A)=ρ(B) whenever π(A)=π(B). In this case, the representation of Spin(n,m) doesn't provide further information than a usual representation of S(n,m). But, in case that "it doesn't descend", we can consider a lift h:SO(n,m)Spin(n,m) to create the map ρ~=ρh, which is a projective representation of SO(n,m). In effect, for g,gSO(n,m)

ρ~(g)ρ~(g)=(ρh)(g)(ρh)(g)=ρ(h(g))ρ(h(g))==ρ(h(g)h(g))=ρ(c(g,g)h(gg))=c(g,g)ρ~(gg),

since πh=id:
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and then h(g)h(g)=c(g,g)h(gg).

Example. Spin representation of SO(3).
The group Spin(3)=SU(2) has a representation as 2x2 complex matrices. And this representation can be used to create a spin-representation of SO(3). In some contexts, it is said that that SO(3) has a spin-1 representation, the orthogonal matrices, and a spin-1/2 representation, the special unitary 2x2 matrices. Even if we have different lifts from SO(3) to Spin(3), all the corresponding spin representations are equivalent (I have read that in Wikipedia)
To think:
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Also related to relation SO(3) and SU(2).

Also, to see the relation between the spin representation and the vector representation of SO(3): see this.

Example. Spin representation of SO(1,3).
TheSpin(1,3)=SL(2,C) provides two inequivalent spin-representations for SO(1,3). There are two different lifts from SO(1,3) to its double cover Spin(1,3), and I guess it can be shown that there is no isomorphism between the resulting spin representations.
To think:
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