LXXVI. Quaternionic form of relativity

L. Silberstein

DOI:10.1080/14786440508637276

Corpus ID: 121945190

LXXVI. Quaternionic form of relativity

@article{SilbersteinLXXVIQF,
  title={LXXVI. Quaternionic form of relativity},
  author={L. Silberstein},
  journal={Philosophical Magazine Series 1},
  volume={23},
  pages={790-809}
}

L. Silberstein

Physics

Philosophical Magazine Series 1

where in the case of pure rotation a and b must of course be either unit-quaternions or at least such that T 2 a.T 2 b = 1; T denoting the tensor. On the other hand, it is widely known that the so-called Lorentz-transformation of the union of ordinary space (x,y,z) and time (t), which is the basis of the modern theory of Relativity, corresponds precisely to a (hyperbolic) rotation of the fourdimensional manifoldness (x,y,z, t), or of what Minkowski called the “world.” Hence the obvious idea of… CONTINUE READING

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