Quaternions and Special Relativity
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We reformulate Special Relativity by a quaternionic algebra on reals. Using real linear quaternions, we show that previous difficulties, concerning the appropriate transformations on the 3 + 1 space-time, may be overcome. This implies that a complexified quaternionic version of Special Relativity is a choice and not a necessity. a) e-mail: [email protected]
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