A compact formula for rotations as spin matrix polynomials

DOI10.3842/SIGMA.2014.084MaRDI QIDQ401280zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Thomas Curtright, David B. Fairlie, Cosmas K. Zachos

Publication date 26 August 2014

Published in SIGMA. Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.3541, http://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA/2014/084/index.html

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matrix exponentialsspin matrices

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Matrix exponential and similar functions of matrices (15A16) Applications of Lie groups to the sciences; explicit representations (22E70) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25) Algebraic systems of matrices (15A30)

Abstract: Group elements of SU(2) are expressed in closed form as finite polynomials of the Lie algebra generators, for all definite spin representations of the rotation group. The simple explicit result exhibits connections between group theory, combinatorics, and Fourier analysis, especially in the large spin limit. Salient intuitive features of the formula are illustrated and discussed.

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