Matrix Exponential via Clifford Algebras

DOI10.2991/JNMP.1998.5.3.5MaRDI QIDQ4498232zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Rafał Abłamowicz

Publication date 15 August 2000

Published in Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/9807038

zbMATH Keywords

eigenvaluesspectral theoryquaternionsClifford algebramatrix exponentialJordan normal formfull matrix algebrafirst-order linear differential equationspinor representationdiagonalization of matricesbasis free methods

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Eigenvalues, singular values, and eigenvectors (15A18) Canonical forms, reductions, classification (15A21) Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25) Matrices over function rings in one or more variables (15A54) Clifford algebras, spinors (15A66)

Abstract: We use isomorphism $varphi$ between matrix algebras and simple orthogonal Clifford algebras $cl(Q)$ to compute matrix exponential $e^A$ of a real, complex, and quaternionic matrix A. The isomorphic image $p=varphi(A)$ in $cl(Q),$ where the quadratic form $Q$ has a suitable signature $(p,q),$ is exponentiated modulo a minimal polynomial of $p$ using Clifford exponential. Elements of $cl(Q)$ are treated as symbolic multivariate polynomials in Grassmann monomials. Computations in $cl(Q)$ are performed with a Maple package `CLIFFORD'. Three examples of matrix exponentiation are given.

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• Maple

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