Split Octonions and Maxwell Equations

• Authors: P. Nurowski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

A formulation of the Maxwell equations in terms of the split octonions is presented.

Keywords

EN

03.50.-z; 03.50.De

Discipline

• 03.50.De: Classical electromagnetism, Maxwell equations(for applied classical electromagnetism, see 41.20.-q)
• 03.50.-z: Classical field theories

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 116
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 992-993

Dates

published

2009-12

received

2009-06-15

(unknown)

2009-10-05

Contributors

author

P. Nurowski

• Instytut Fizyki Teoretycznej, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Hoża 69, 00-681 Warszawa, Poland

References

• 1. J.C. Baez, The Octonions, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 39, 145 (2002)
• 2. A.M. Buoncristiani, J. Math. Phys. 14, 849 (1973)
• 3. M. Gunaydin, Ph.D. Thesis, Yale University, 1973

Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.116.992