Rotations with unit timelike quaternions in Minkowski 3-space

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 322-336

  Ozdemir M ^a   Ergin, A A ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lorentzian geometry; Minkowski 3 space; Quaternions; Rotations; Split quaternions

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844514529     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomphys.2005.02.004     Document Type: Article

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