left/right multiplication
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The Algebra’s Apprentice: Prelude – Part II
In The Algebra’s Apprentice: Prelude – Part I, I shared how my initial approach to learning about physics changed from one of awe and reverence to skeptical inquiry. This is the latter half of the prelude, wherein I will tell you the story of how I came to meet a most mysterious algebra. A Shape… Continue reading
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Closure Note
Definition Reminder A hyperbolic quaternion (Macfarlane non-associative variety) is a linear combination of the elements \(\lbrace 1, i, j, k \rbrace\) using real coefficients such that \[q = q^0 1 + q^1 i + q^2 j + q^3 k, \quad q^0, q^1, q^2, q^3 \in \Re. \] Multiplication is defined according to the following rules:… Continue reading
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Hyperbolic Quaternions
An introduction to Macfarlane’s hyperbolic quaternions, a quaternionic algebra whose chiral multiplication reveals a direct basis for the Lorentz generators. A primer on their structure, pathologies, and connection to spacetime symmetries. Continue reading