A tensor interpretation of the 2D Dirac equation

We consider the Dirac equation in flat Minkowski 3–space and rewrite it as the Maxwell equation in Minkowski 4–space with torsion. The torsion tensor is defined as the dual of the electromagnetic vector potential. Our model clearly distinguishes the electron and the positron without resorting to “negative frequencies”: we produce a real scalar invariant (charge) which indicates whether we are looking at an electron or a positron. Another interesting feature of our model is that the free electron and positron are identified with gradient type solutions of the standard (torsion free) Maxwell equation; such solutions have traditionally been disregarded on the grounds of gauge invariance.