Quaternions and special relativity

被引：50
作者：
DeLeo, S
机构：
[1] Università di Lecce, Dipartimento di Fisica, Sezione di Lecce, Lecce
来源：
JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS | 1996年 / 37卷 / 06期
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D O I：
10.1063/1.531548
中图分类号：
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号：
0702 ;
摘要：
We reformulate Special Relativity by a quaternionic algebra on reals. Using real linear quaternions, we show that previous difficulties, concerning the appropriate transformations on the 3+1 space-time, may be overcome. This implies that a complexified quaternionic version of Special Relativity is a choice and not a necessity. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.
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页码：2955 / 2968
页数：14
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