Dmitrij Volkov, super-Poincare group and Grassmann variables
arXiv:0911.0550 · doi:10.1002/andp.201010413
Abstract
A fundamental role of the Hermann Grassmann anticommuting variables both in physics and mathematics is discussed on the example of supersymmetry. The talk describes how the D. Volkov question about possibility of the existence of Nambu-Goldstone fermions, realized by the Grassmannian variables, resulted in the discovery of the super-Poincare group, its spontaneous breaking and gauging.
9 pages, corrected version published in Annalen der Physik, invited talk at the Grassmannian Conference in Fundamental Cosmology, Szczecin, 14-19 September 2009