Quaternionic Lorentz group and Dirac equation

Foundations of Physics Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-50

  De Leo, Stefane ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI LECCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lorentz group; Quaternions; Relativistic wave equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035589435     PISSN: 08949875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012077227985     Document Type: Article

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