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We search for rational, four-dimensional maps of standard type (x_{n+1} - 2x_n + x_{n-1} = eps f(x,eps)) possessing one or two polynomial integrals. There are no non-trivial maps corresponding to cubic oscillators, but we find a…

solv-int · Physics 2009-10-22 Robert I. McLachlan

Polar decompositions of quaternion matrices with respect to a given indefinite inner product are studied. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of an $H$-polar decomposition are found. In the process an equivalent to Witt's…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-22 G. J. Groenewald , D. B. Janse van Rensburg , A. C. M. Ran , F. Theron , M. van Straaten

The Courant-Snyder theory for two-dimensional coupled linear optics is presented, based on the systematic use of the real representation of the Dirac matrices. Since any real $4\times 4$-matrix can be expressed as a linear combination of…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2012-01-05 C. Baumgarten

A representation of the Lorentz group is given in terms of 4 X 4 matrices defined over the hyperbolic number system. The transformation properties of the corresponding four component spinor are studied, and shown to be equivalent to the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Francesco Antonuccio

This work provides explicit characterizations and formulae for the minimal polynomials of a wide variety of structured $4\times 4$ matrices. These include symmetric, Hamiltonian and orthogonal matrices. Applications such as the complete…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-10-12 Viswanath Ramakrishna , Yassmin Ansari , Fred Costa

Remarkably simple closed-form expressions for the elements of the groups SU(n), SL(n,R), and SL(n,C) with n=2, 3, and 4 are obtained using linear functions of biquaternions instead of n x n matrices. These representations do not directly…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Andre Gsponer

Possible short and semi-short representations for $\N=2$ and $\N=4$ superconformal symmetry in four dimensions are discussed. For $\N=4$ the well known short supermultiplets whose lowest dimension conformal primary operators correspond to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 F. A. Dolan , H. Osborn

This paper establishes new upper bounds for the right eigenvalues of monic matrix polynomials over the quaternion division algebra. The noncommutative nature of quaternion multiplication presents fundamental challenges in eigenvalue…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2026-04-17 Ovaisa Jan , Idrees Qasim

Recently the author used certain quaternion orders to demonstrate the universality of some quaternary quadratic forms. Here a further study is done on one of these orders analogous to Hurwitz's proof of the formula for the number of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jesse I. Deutsch

We employ new calculational technique and present complete list of classical $r$-matrices for $D=4$ complex homogeneous orthogonal Lie algebra $\mathfrak{o}(4;\mathbb{C})$, the rotational symmetry of four-dimensional complex space-time.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-04-08 A. Borowiec , J. Lukierski , V. N. Tolstoy

Within the framework of the theory of quaternion column-row determinants and using determinantal representations of the Moore-Penrose inverse previously obtained by the author, we get explicit determinantal representation formulas of…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2018-09-25 Ivan Kyrchei

4x4 Dirac (gamma) matrices (irreducible matrix representations of the Clifford algebras C(3,1), C(1,3), C(4,0)) are an essential part of many calculations in quantum physics. Although the final physical results do not depend on the applied…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 K. Scharnhorst

In this paper, we extend notions of the weighted core-EP right and left inverses, the weighted DMP and MPD inverses, and the CMP inverse to matrices over the quaternion skew field H that have some features in comparison to these inverses…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2020-04-29 Ivan I. Kyrchei

In this work we provide an elementary derivation of the indefinite spin groups in low-dimensions. Our approach relies on the isomorphism of Cl(p+1, q+1) to the algebra 2x2 matrices with entries in Cl(p,q), simple properties of Kronecker…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-12-16 Emily Herzig , Viswanath Ramakrishna

In this article, we use deformation theory of Galois representations valued in the symplectic group of degree four to prove a freeness result for the cohomology of certain quaternionic unitary Shimura variety over the universal deformation…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-04-19 Haining Wang

This paper obtains the matrix elements and characters of the discrete series unitary irreducible representations (UIRs) of the Sp$(4,\mathbb{R})$ group. With an isomorphic relationship to the two-fold covering of SO$_0(2,3)$…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-01-30 Jean-Pierre Gazeau , Mariano A. del Olmo , Hamed Pejhan

We classify non-polar irreducible representations of connected compact Lie groups whose orbit space is isometric to that of a representation of a finite extension of $Sp(1)^k$ for some $k>0$. It follows that they are obtained from isotropy…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-02-27 Claudio Gorodski , Francisco J. Gozzi

In this paper, we show the relation between $sp(4,\mathbb{R})$, the Lie algebra of the symplectic group, and the elements of $Sp(4,\mathbb{R})$. We use this result to obtain some special cases of symplectic matrices relevant to the study of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-12-15 Guillermo Chacón-Acosta , Angel García-Chung

We obtain a sufficient condition for the convexity of quaternionic numerical range for complex matrices in terms of its complex numerical range. It is also shown that the Bild coincides with complex numerical range for real matrices. From…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2019-04-08 Luís Carvalho , Cristina Diogo , Sérgio Mendes

Let $Sp(n)$ be the symplectic group of quaternionic $(n\times n)$-matrices. For any $1\leq k\leq n$, an element $A$ of $Sp(n)$ can be decomposed in $A= \begin{bmatrix} \alpha&T\cr \beta&P \end{bmatrix}$ with $P$ a $(k\times k)$-matrix. In…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2021-01-11 E. Macías-Virgós , M. J. Pereira-Sáez , Daniel Tanré