Geodesics on H-type quaternion groups with sub-Lorentzian metric and their physical interpretation

DOI10.1007/S11785-010-0079-0MaRDI QIDQ601083zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Anna Korolko, Irina Markina

Publication date 3 November 2010

Published in Complex Analysis and Operator Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1004.1508

zbMATH Keywords

electromagnetic fieldspecial relativitysub-Lorentzian metricquaternion H-type group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Linear algebraic groups over the reals, the complexes, the quaternions (20G20) Sub-Riemannian geometry (53C17) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50)

Abstract: We study the existence and cardinality of normal geodesics of different causal types on H(eisenberg)-type quaternion group equipped with the sub-Lorentzian metric. We present explicit formulas for geodesics and describe reachable sets by geodesics of different causal character. We compare results with the sub-Riemannian quaternion group and with the sub-Lorentzian Heisenberg group, showing that there are similarities and distinctions. We show that the geodesics on H-type quaternion groups with the sub-Lorentzian metric satisfy the equations describing the motion of a relativistic particle in a constant homogeneous electromagnetic field.

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