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Differential geometry using quaternions

Differential Geometry 2024-10-10 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

This paper establishes the basis of the quaternionic differential geometry (\mathbbmH\mathbbm HDG) initiated in a previous article. The usual concepts of curves and surfaces are generalized to quaternionic constraints, as well as the curvature and torsion concepts, differential forms, directional derivatives and the structural equations. The analogy between the quaternionic and the real geometries is obtained using a matrix representation of quaternions. The results evidences the quaternionic formalism as a suitable language to differential geometry that can be useful in various directions of future investigation.

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@article{arxiv.2404.03765,
  title  = {Differential geometry using quaternions},
  author = {Sergio Giardino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.03765},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

Accept by the International Electronic Journal of Geometry

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