The quaternion group and modern physics
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in European Journal of Physics
- Vol. 5 (1) , 25-32
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0143-0807/5/1/007
Abstract
The paper shows how various physical covariance groups: SO(3), the Lorentz group, the general theory of relativity group, the Clifford algebra SU(2) and the conformal group can easily be related to the quaternion group. The quaternion calculus is introduced and several physical applications: crystallography the kinematics of rigid body motion, the Thomas precession the special theory of relatively, classical electromagnetism, the equation of motion of the general theory of relativity, and Dirac's relativistic wave equation are discussed.Keywords
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