Quaternion physical quantities |
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Authors: | J. Gibson Winans |
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Affiliation: | (1) State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York |
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Abstract: | Quaternions consist of a scalar plus a vector and result from multiplication or division of vectors by vectors. Division of vectors is equivalent to multiplication divided by a scalar. Quaternions as used here consist of the scalar product with positive sign plus the vector product with sign determined by the right-hand rule. Units are specified by the multiplication process. Trigonometric functions are quaternions with units that can satisfy Hamilton's requirements. The square of a trigonometric quaternion is a real number provided that the product of the scalar number and the vector is not commutative. Maxwell's electromagnetic equations for empty space can be represented by a single quaternion equation. |
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