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Geometric algebra is an optimal frame work for calculating with vectors. The geometric algebra of a space includes elements that represent all the its subspaces (lines, planes, volumes, ...). Conformal geometric algebra expands this…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2013-06-07 Eckhard Hitzer

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

This paper is a modern exposition of old ideas. The setting is a Euclidian space $E$ of dimension $n$ with associated vector space $V$ of dimension $n$. A (non-zero) sliding vector is a vector in $V$ that is free to move, but only within a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-03-30 William G. Faris

It is shown that the groups of Euclidian rotations, rigid motions, proper, orthochronous Lorentz transformations, and the complex rigid motions can be represented by the groups of unit-norm elements in the algebras of real, dual, complex,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-05-22 D. H. Delphenich

In this paper we give a thoughtful exposition of the hyperbolic Clifford algebra of multivecfors which is naturally associated with a hyperbolic space, whose elements are called vecfors. Geometrical interpretation of vecfors and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 W. A. Rodrigues , Q. A. G. de Souza

Division algebras have demonstrated their utility in studying non-associative algebras and their connection to the Standard Model through complex Clifford algebras. This article focuses on exploring the connection between these complex…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-12-19 Armando Reynoso

The power of Clifford or, geometric, algebra lies in its ability to represent geometric operations in a concise and elegant manner. Clifford algebras provide the natural generalizations of complex, dual numbers and quaternions into…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-07 Dimiter Prodanov

This paper is to serve as a key to the projective (homogeneous) model developed by Charles Gunn (arXiv:1101.4542 [math.MG]). The goal is to explain the underlying concepts in a simple language and give plenty of examples. It is targeted to…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2013-07-12 Andrey Sokolov

The vector algebra and calculus are frequently used in many branches of Physics, for example, classical mechanics, electromagnetic theory, Astrophysics, Spectroscopy, etc. Important vector identities with the help of Levi-Civita symbols and…

General Physics · Physics 2014-06-13 Zaheer Uddin , Intikhab Ulfat

Spinors are central to physics: all matter (fermions) is made of spinors, and all forces arise from symmetries of spinors. It is common to consider the geometric (Clifford) algebra as the fundamental edifice from which spinors emerge. This…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-02-03 Andrew J. S. Hamilton

A linear vector model of gravitation is introduced in the context of quantum physics as a generalization of electromagnetism. The gravitoelectromagnetic gauge symmetry corresponds to a hyperbolic unitary extension of the usual complex phase…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-07-01 S. Ulrych

In this paper we present a survey of the use of differential geometric formalisms to describe Quantum Mechanics. We analyze Schr\"odinger framework from this perspective and provide a description of the Weyl-Wigner construction. Finally,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-04-13 J. Clemente-Gallardo , G. Marmo

In this paper, a generalization of the concept of electrical power for periodic current and voltage waveforms based on a new generalized complex geometric algebra (GCGA) is proposed. This powerful tool permits, in n-sinusoidal/nonlinear…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-21 M. Castilla , Juan Carlos Bravo , M. Ordoñez , Juan Carlos Montaño

Clifford geometric algebras of multivectors are treated in detail. These algebras are build over a graded space and exhibit a grading or multivector structure. The careful study of the endomorphisms of this space makes it clear, that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 Bertfried Fauser

In recent years, the intersection of algebra, geometry, and combinatorics with particle physics and cosmology has led to significant advances. Central to this progress is the twofold formulation of the study of particle interactions and…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-05-12 Claudia Fevola , Anna-Laura Sattelberger

Clifford's geometric algebra has enjoyed phenomenal development over the last 60 years by mathematicians, theoretical physicists, engineers and computer scientists in robotics, artificial intelligence and data analysis, introducing a myriad…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2021-04-20 Garret Sobczyk

In this note, we provide a important considerations of a familiar topic: the gradient of a vector field. The gradient of a vector field is a common quantity represented in continuum mechanics. However, even for Cartesian coordinate systems,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-08-17 Brian D. Wood , Peeter Joot , Stephen Whitaker

Geometric number systems, obtained by extending the real number system to include new anticommuting square roots of +1 and -1, provide a royal road to higher mathematics by largely sidestepping the tedious languages of tensor analysis and…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2017-07-21 Garret Sobczyk

Clifford geometric algebras of multivectors are introduced which exhibit a bilinear form which is not necessarily symmetric. Looking at a subset of bi-vectors in CL(K^{2n},B), we proof that theses elements generate the Hecke algebra…

q-alg · Mathematics 2009-10-30 Bertfried Fauser

The algebra of biquaternions possess a manifestly Lorentz invariant form and induces an extended space-time geometry. We consider the links between this complex pre-geometry and real geometry of the Minkowski space-time. Twistor structures…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-05 Vladimir V. Kassandrov , Nina V. Markova
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