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Functions of multivector variables.

Authors :
Chappell JM
Iqbal A
Gunn LJ
Abbott D
Source :
PloS one [PLoS One] 2015 Mar 16; Vol. 10 (3), pp. e0116943. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Mar 16 (Print Publication: 2015).
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

As is well known, the common elementary functions defined over the real numbers can be generalized to act not only over the complex number field but also over the skew (non-commuting) field of the quaternions. In this paper, we detail a number of elementary functions extended to act over the skew field of Clifford multivectors, in both two and three dimensions. Complex numbers, quaternions and Cartesian vectors can be described by the various components within a Clifford multivector and from our results we are able to demonstrate new inter-relationships between these algebraic systems. One key relationship that we discover is that a complex number raised to a vector power produces a quaternion thus combining these systems within a single equation. We also find a single formula that produces the square root, amplitude and inverse of a multivector over one, two and three dimensions. Finally, comparing the functions over different dimension we observe that Cl(R(3)) provides a particularly versatile algebraic framework.

Subjects

Subjects :
Algorithms
Mathematics

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1932-6203
Volume :
10
Issue :
3
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
PloS one
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
25774689
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116943