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Understanding the nature of time remains a key unsolved problem in science. Newton in the Principia asserted an absolute universal time that {\it `flows equably'}. Hamilton then proposed a mathematical unification of space and time within…

General Physics · Physics 2015-11-02 James M. Chappell , John G. Hartnett , Azhar Iqbal , Nicolangelo Iannella , Derek Abbott

A solution to the 50 year old problem of a spinning particle in curved space has been recently derived using an extension of Clifford calculus in which each geometric element has its own coordinate. This leads us to propose that all the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 William M. Pezzaglia

We investigate the spacetime of a slowly rotating black hole in the Chern-Simons modified gravity. The long range feature of frame-dragging effect under the Chern-Simon gravity well explains the flat rotation curves of galaxies which is a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Kohkichi Konno , Toyoki Matsuyama , Yasuhiro Asano , Satoshi Tanda

We describe the curves of constant (geodesic) curvature and torsion in the three-dimensional round sphere. These curves are the trajectory of a point whose motion is the superposition of two circular motions in orthogonal planes. The global…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-10-17 Debraj Chakrabarti , Rahul Sahay , Jared Williams

Some properties of the Clifford algebras Cl(3,0), Cl(1,3), Cl(1,3)(C), Cl(4,1) and Cl(2,4) are presented, and three isomorphisms between the Dirac-Clifford algebra C x Cl(1,3) and Cl(4,1) are exhibited, in order to construct conformal maps…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-07-19 Roldao da Rocha , Jayme Vaz

The Clifford algebra of a n-dimensional Euclidean vector space provides a general language comprising vectors, complex numbers, quaternions, Grassman algebra, Pauli and Dirac matrices. In this work, we present an introduction to the main…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-01-23 G. Aragon-Camarasa , G. Aragon-Gonzalez , J. L. Aragon , M. A. Rodriguez-Andrade

Usual explanations of spiral galaxy rotation curves assume circular orbits of stars. The consequences of giving up this assumption are investigated here. In particular, hyperbolic stellar trajectories are found to be interesting. The two…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-01-30 Tarun Biswas

Vectorial analysis relating to derivation of deflection of light is presented. Curvilinear acceleration is distinguished from the Newtonian polar conic acceleration. The difference between the two is due to the curvature term. Lorentz…

General Physics · Physics 2014-12-09 Vikram H. Zaveri

Curvature is a key notion in General Relativity, characterizing the local physical properties of spacetime. By contrast, the concept of curvature has received scant attention in nonperturbative quantum gravity. One may even wonder whether…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-27 R. Loll

Clifford algebras are naturally associated with quadratic forms. These algebras are Z_2-graded by construction. However, only a Z_n-gradation induced by a choice of a basis, or even better, by a Chevalley vector space isomorphism Cl(V) <->…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Bertfried Fauser , Rafal Ablamowicz

Circular velocities of stars and gas in galaxies generally do not decline in accordance with widely expected Keplerian fall-off in velocities further from the galactic nucleus. Two main groups of theories were proposed to explain the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-06-11 Konstantin Pavlovich , Alex Pavlovich , Alan Sipols

The different forms of the tetrahedron equation appear when all possible ways to label the scattering process of infinitely long straight lines are considered in three dimensional spacetime. This is expected to lead to three dimensional…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-29 Pramod Padmanabhan , Vivek Kumar Singh , Vladimir Korepin

Multi-fractional theories with integer-order derivatives are models of gravitational and matter fields living in spacetimes with variable Hausdorff and spectral dimension, originally proposed as descriptions of geometries arising in quantum…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-08-09 Gianluca Calcagni , Gabriele U. Varieschi

There are a wide variety of different vector formalisms currently utilized in engineering and physics. For example, Gibbs' three-vectors, Minkowski four-vectors, complex spinors in quantum mechanics, quaternions used to describe rigid body…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2016-04-25 James M. Chappell , Azhar Iqbal , John G. Hartnett , Derek Abbott

This paper presents a thoughful review of: (a) the Clifford algebra Cl(H_{V}) of multivecfors which is naturally associated with a hyperbolic space H_{V}; (b) the study of the properties of the duality product of multivectors and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-03-14 Eduardo A. Notte-Cuello , Waldyr A. Rodrigues

The parameters of an axisymmetric model for the gravitational potential of the Galaxy have been refined. The basic curve of the Galaxy's rotation in a distance interval of $R:0-190$ kpc was constructed using the velocities of masers,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-14 V. V. Bobylev , A. T. Bajkova , A. A. Smirnov

In the present investigation flat rotational curves of the galaxies are considered under the framework of brane-world models where the 4d effective Einstein equation has extra terms which arise from the embedding of the 3-brane in the $5d$…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-07 F. Rahaman , M. Kalam , A. DeBenedictis , A. A. Usmani , Saibal Ray

I apply the algebraic framework introduced in arXiv:1101.4542v3[math.MG] to Minkowski (pseudo-Euclidean) spaces in 2, 3, and 4 dimensions. The exposition follows the template established in arXiv:1307.2917[math.MG] for Euclidean spaces. The…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2013-07-19 Andrey Sokolov

An alternative, pedagogically simpler derivation of the allowed physical wave fronts of a propagating electromagnetic signal is presented using geometric algebra. Maxwell's equations can be expressed in a single multivector equation using…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 William M. Pezzaglia

The cause of the extended rotation curves of galaxies is investigated. It is shown that conventional sources and most exotic sources for the needed gravitational fields are implausible. We suggest spatial fluctuations in a scalar field,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. L. Helfer