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Renee Russell
Kim Kesting
Caitlin Hult
SPWM 2011
Sir William Rowan Hamilton
(1805-1865)
• Optics
• Classical and Quantum
Mechanics
• Electromagnetism
• Algebra:
• Discovered
Quaternions &
“This young man, I do not say
will be, but is, the first
Biquaternions!
mathematician of his age”
– Bishop Dr. John Brinkley
Review of Quaternions, H
where a, b, c, d, w, x, y, z R
Properties of the Biquarternions
ADDITION:
• We define addition component-wise:
• Closed
• Commutative
• Associative
• Additive Identity
0 = 0 + 0e1 + 0e2 + 0e3
• Additive Inverse:
-B = -a + (-b)e1 + (-c)e2 + (-d)e3
Properties of the Biquarternions
SCALAR MULTIPLICATION:
• hB =ha + hbe2 +hce3 +hde3 where h C or R
•Closed
•Associative
•NOT Commutative
•Identity:
1 = (1+0i) + 0e1 + 0e2 + 0e3
Biquaternions
are an algebra
over C!
biquaterions
Properties of the Biquarternions
DIVISION?
In other words, does every non-zero element have a
multiplicative inverse?
Properties of the Biquarternions
Algebra? ✔ ✔
Division ✔ ✖
Algebra?
Normed ✔ ✖
Division
Algebra?
Biquaternions are
isomorphic to M2x2(C)
Define a map f: BQ M2x2(C) by the following:
• Special Relativity
• Physics
• Linear Algebra
• Electromagnetism