Talk:Algebra of physical space

Latest comment: 4 years ago by JasonHise in topic Isomorphism

Pauli algebra

edit

I've added a little to this about the Pauli algebra. I'm stunned to see how little geometric algebra is on Wikipedia. I also added a link back to the article on the Dirac equation through paravectors (which I found confusing, but it's not one of my specialties).

We should have all the various ways of geometrizing quantum mechanics edited in. I can think of the following:

Dirac using paravectors -> done

Dirac and Pauli using through density opertors -> not yet, see Cambridge geometry group for details.

Dirac using Hestenes' method of even subalgebra -> not yet.

Should we have a page labeled "geometrization of quantum mechanics" to list these things? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by CarlBrannen (talkcontribs) 07:38, 26 January 2007 (UTC).Reply

Paravector

edit

This article is a follow up of the paravector article, where all the operations are defined. Otherwise it is not understandable.

Complete rewriting

edit

I am the original creator of this article. The topic is technical so I did not even try to make it self contained. My objective is simply to give a general idea of the topic by showing the most important equations. Cabrer7 00:29, 4 November 2007 (UTC)Reply

Superfluous markup

edit

In places there is code like:

  • L = B R^{\,} for  
  • p = m u^{\,}, for  

Any particular reason? It will be removed in the next few days. Thanks, M∧Ŝc2ħεИτlk

I'm surprised you ask. It may have been a variant of the now unused PNG forcing approach. Go for it. — Quondum 21:06, 27 August 2013 (UTC)Reply
The post probably was pointless, but I wasn't sure why there were spaces in superscripts. M∧Ŝc2ħεИτlk 22:45, 27 August 2013 (UTC)Reply

Isomorphism

edit

Is this isomorphic to CH? Double sharp (talk) 16:33, 9 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

Yes. Specifically the even graded elements are isomorphic to real quaternions, the odd graded elements are isomorphic to imaginary quaterions, and the volume element 'pseudoscalar' acts like the commuting imaginary unit of the complex numbers. It's also isomorphic to the algebra of 2x2 complex matrices! JasonHise (talk) 05:36, 7 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

EM field

edit

The article includes a section on classical electromagnetism that uses concepts of bivector (complex) and Riemann–Silberstein vector without links or attribution. The so-called "algebra of physical space" lacks acknowledgement of previous work in the field. Rgdboer (talk) 22:57, 30 August 2016 (UTC)Reply