The Vector Algebra War: A Historical Perspective

There are a wide variety of different vector formalisms currently utilized in engineering and physics. For example, Gibbs' three-vectors, Minkowski four-vectors, complex spinors in quantum mechanics, and quaternions used to describe rigid body rotations and vectors defined in Clifford geometric...

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Main Authors: James M. Chappell, Azhar Iqbal, John G. Hartnett, Derek Abbott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2016-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7431944/