Fundamental representations and algebraic properties of biquaternions or complexified quaternions

DOI10.1007/S00006-010-0263-3MaRDI QIDQ640364zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Stephen J. Sangwine, Todd A. Ell, Nicolas Le Bihan

Publication date 18 October 2011

Published in Advances in Applied Clifford Algebras (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1001.0240, http://repository.essex.ac.uk/5561/1/1001.0240v1.pdf

biquaternion Clifford algebra quaternion

Skew fields, division rings (12E15) Clifford algebras, spinors (15A66) Matrices over special rings (quaternions, finite fields, etc.) (15B33)

Abstract: The fundamental properties of biquaternions (complexified quaternions) are presented including several different representations, some of them new, and definitions of fundamental operations such as the scalar and vector parts, conjugates, semi-norms, polar forms, and inner and outer products. The notation is consistent throughout, even between representations, providing a clear account of the many ways in which the component parts of a biquaternion may be manipulated algebraically.

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The authors are reviewing and presenting some new results concerning biquaternions which are quaternions with complex components. Biquaternions were introduced by William Rowan Hamilton in 1844. There are several books of quaternions and their application. However, a precise theory of biquaternions is not so easy to find. The reason for that is that the algebra of biquaternions is isomorphic with the Clifford algebra \(\mathrm{Cl}_{3,0}\) (see, for example [\textit{P. Lounesto}, Clifford algebras and spinors. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (1997; Zbl 0887.15029)]). The present paper is putting together several representations and fundamental operations of biquaternions. Some of the material is based on the book of \textit{J. P. Ward} [Quaternions and Cayley numbers: algebra and applications. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers (1997; Zbl 0877.15031)]. As a reference is given also a numerical toolbox [\textit{S. J. Sangwine} and \textit{N. Le Bihan}, Quaternionic Toolbox for Matlab. (2005), \url{http://qtfm.sourceforge.net/}].

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