The Bloch gyrovector

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 531-565

  Chen, Jing Ling ^a   Ungar, Abraham A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS AND COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS   (China)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloch vector; Bures fidelity; Einstein's addition; Gyrovector; Hyperbolic geometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036295343     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015032332156     Document Type: Article

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