Cromlech, menhirs and celestial sphere: an unusual representation of the Lorentz group
Mathematical Physics
2016-04-20 v1 math.MP
Abstract
We present a novel representation of the Lorentz group, the geometric version of which uses "reversions" of a sphere while the algebraic version uses pseudounitary 2x2 matrices over complex numbers and quaternions, and Clifford algebras in general. A remarkably simple formula for relativistic composition of velocities and an accompanying geometric construction follows. The method is derived from the diffeomorphisms of the celestial sphere induced by Lorentz boost.
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@article{arxiv.1604.05698,
title = {Cromlech, menhirs and celestial sphere: an unusual representation of the Lorentz group},
author = {Jerzy Kocik},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.05698},
year = {2016}
}
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29 pages, 25 figures