Imaginary in all directions: an elegant formulation of special relativity and classical electrodynamics
Greiter, Martin ; Schuricht, Dirk
arXiv, 0309061 / Harvested from arXiv
Text on arXiv
A suitable parameterization of space-time in terms of one complex and three quaternionic imaginary units allows Lorentz transformations to be implemented as multiplication by complex-quaternionic numbers rather than matrices. Maxwell's equations reduce to a single equation.
Publié le : 2003-09-30
Classification:  Mathematical Physics,  Condensed Matter - Other Condensed Matter,  High Energy Physics - Theory,  Physics - Physics Education 
@article{0309061,
     author = {Greiter, Martin and Schuricht, Dirk},
     title = {Imaginary in all directions: an elegant formulation of special
  relativity and classical electrodynamics},
     journal = {arXiv},
     volume = {2003},
     number = {0},
     year = {2003},
     language = {en},
     url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/0309061}
}

Greiter, Martin; Schuricht, Dirk. Imaginary in all directions: an elegant formulation of special
  relativity and classical electrodynamics. arXiv, Tome 2003 (2003) no. 0, . http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/0309061/