On the matrix realization of the theory of biquaternions

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 404-407

  Ge, Q J ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NUMBER THEORY; VECTORS;

CLIFFORD'S THEORY OF BIQUATERNIONS;

MATRIX ALGEBRA;

EID: 0032163775     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2829166     Document Type: Article

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