It is well known that the linearization of quadratic forms is accomplished using Dirac matrices. The general problem of linearization of any polynomial of degree n having p variables is considered. First the homogeneous polynomials are considered and it is shown that we only need to study two basic homogeneous forms, namely, the sum and the product one. The sum is linearized using matrices which turn out to be a matrix representation of a generalized Clifford algebra. The homogeneous form is linearized using matrices, the size of which is large for practical use. Some clues are given to reduce their size. Since any polynomial of degree n can be made homogeneous by introducing a supplementary variable, the method proposed is quite general. It constitutes an algorithm for the linearization of any polynomial.
A group theory justification of one dimensional fractional supersymmetry is proposed using an analogue of a coset space, just like the one introduced in 1D supersymmetry. This theory is then gauged to obtain a local fractional supersymmetry i.e. a fractional supergravity which is then quantizedà la Dirac to obtain an equation of motion for a particle which is in a representation of the braid group and should describe alternative statistics. A formulation invariant under general reparametrization is given, by means of a curved fractional superline.
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