Rotation and Lorentz transformations in \(2 \times 2\) and \(4 \times 4\) complex matrices and in polarized-light physics
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Rotation and Lorentz transformations in \(2 \times 2\) and \(4 \times 4\) complex matrices and in polarized-light physics
zbMATH Open document ID: 0873.15025
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3795(96)00515-0
author: Laurence J. November
published in: Linear Algebra and its Applications
publication date: 1997-10-30T00:00:00Z
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 15A90
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 78A15
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 15B57
zbMATH DE Number: 1000061
zbMATH Keywords: polarized-light physics
zbMATH Keywords: Lorentz transformation
zbMATH Keywords: light Stokes-parameter transformation
zbMATH Keywords: Poincaré sphere
zbMATH Keywords: Hermitian Dirac matrices
zbMATH Keywords: Dirac equation
zbMATH Keywords: relativistic quantum mechanics
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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