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RE: Physics

Original poster: "Godfrey Loudner" <ggreen@xxxxxxxx>

Hello Chris

I've encountered quaternions in the abstract algebra setting, but I'm
really not motivated enough to read through the paper you posted. Its
been my long time understanding that the approach through quaternions is
mathematically equivalent to the one using vector calculus. What's in
one theory can be found in the other. The quaternonic version of
potential is still  there as a transfiguration. The quaternonic version
of Maxwell theory cannot say anything new, nor is anything lost. The
various versions of Maxwell theory are pretty as far as the mathematics
goes, but I personally find it difficult to apply them to concrete
physical situations. Do I have the right equation is my major question;
if so, maybe I can commit an assault and battery with a Green's function
and finish off the problem. Anyway, I did a search on Andre Waser and
found two tesla papers that may be of interest.

Here's an example that may help. Let x = credit and y = debit. Form the
complex number x+yI. You can think of y as imaginary money. One can
actually build a cute little algebra of credit and debit using the
algebra of complex numbers. So credit and debit seemed to have
disappeared.  Credit is still there as x+0I and debit as 0+yI.

http://www.cheniere.org/correspondence/121901a.htm referring to a paper
by T. Barrett. Tom Bearden  comment about the paper is certainly
incorrect.

http://www.rafoeg.de/index.php/seite/20,Dokumentenarchiv/10,Personenbezo
genes_Archiv/,Waser_Andre/Waser_Andre.html by Andre Waser himself. Go
down the list there.

Godfrey Loudner





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Subject: Re: Physics


Original poster: "Chris Rutherford" <chris1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi All,

On the subject of physics, I'm just trying to get my head around this
paper: -

Quaternions In Electrodynamics

If anyone can offer helping hand I would be grateful.  I've just
purchased
a new book entitled Quaternions and Rotation Sequences.  Apparently
Maxwell's equations were originally in 4 D Quaternions rather than the 3

dimensional vectors, there are many claims that the transposition to 3 d

vectors from 4d Quarternions removed some important properties from
electro
dynamics such as some scalar potentials- Intent to prove/disprove these
claims once and for all, by actually understanding what the real issues
are.

http://hot-streamer.com/temp/QuaternionsInElectrodynamicsEN02.pdf

Thanks

Chris