Quaternions, Clifford Algebras and Relativistic Physics
Description
The use of Clifford algebras in mathematical physics and engineering has grown rapidly in recent years. Whereas other developments have privileged a geometric approach, this book uses an algebraic approach that can be introduced as a tensor product of quaternion algebras and provides a unified calculus for much of physics. It proposes a pedagogical introduction to this new calculus, based on quaternions, with applications mainly in special relativity, classical electromagnetism, and general relativity.
Keywords
MathematicsAlgebraScienceGravityAbstractGroup TheoryPhysicsMathematical & Computational
2007Book
Author(s)Patrick R. Girard
PublisherBirkhäuser Basel
ISBN9783764377908
LanguageEnglish
