Rotations with unit time-like quaternions in Minkowski 3-space (Q2581857)
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Rotations with unit time-like quaternions in Minkowski 3-space (English)
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10 January 2006
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It is well known that rotations in a Euclidean space can be described in terms of quaternions. In this paper, the authors show that a unit time-like quaternion represents a rotation in the Minkowski 3-space. The authors emphasize the advantages of the approach to rotations based on quaternions.
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quaternions
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split quaternions
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rotations
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Lorentzian geometry
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Minkowski 3-space
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