Geometric matrix algebra

DOI10.1016/J.LAA.2007.06.015MaRDI QIDQ935385zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Garret Sobczyk

Publication date 6 August 2008

Published in Linear Algebra and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.laa.2007.06.015

zbMATH Keywords

Clifford algebraconformal geometryconformal transformationgeometric algebrageometric invariantshorosphereKronecker productmatrix multiplicationMöbius transformationquaternionstwistor

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Clifford algebras, spinors (15A66) Matrices over special rings (quaternions, finite fields, etc.) (15B33) Orthogonal and unitary groups in metric geometry (51F25)

Review text

Matrix multiplication was first introduced by Arthur Cayley in 1855 in agreement with the composition of linear transformations. The author explores an underlying geometric framework in which matrix multiplication naturally arises from the product of numbers in a geometric (Clifford) algebra. Consequently, all invariants of a linear operator become geometric invariants of the multivectors that they represent. Two different kinds of bases for matrices emerge, a spectral basis of idempotents and nilpotents, and a standard basis of scalars, vectors, bivectors, and higher order \(k\)-vectors. The Kronecker product of matrices naturally arises when considering the block structure of a matrix. Conformal geometry of \(\mathbb R^{3}\) is expressed in terms of the concept of an \(h\)-twistor, which is a generalization of a Penrose twistor.

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• CLIFFORD

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