Hamilton’s theory of turns generalized to Sp(2,R)
- 20 March 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 62 (12) , 1331-1334
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.62.1331
Abstract
We present a generalization of Hamilton’s geometric theory of turns, originally invented for SU(2), to the noncompact group Sp(2,R) relevant in a variety of physical applications.Keywords
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