Quaternions, Clifford algebras and relativistic physics /
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| Author / Creator: | Girard, Patrick Ralph, 1949- |
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| Uniform title: | Quaternions, algèbras Clifford et physique relativiste. English |
| Imprint: | Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, c2007. |
| Description: | xii, 179 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6321386 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 179 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-176) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783764377908 3764377909 9783764377915 3764377917 |
