Hamilton's theory of turns revisited

Mukunda, N and Chaturvedi, S and Simon, R (2010) Hamilton's theory of turns revisited. In: Pramana - Journal of Physics, 74 (1). pp. 1-10.

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Abstract

We present a new approach to Hamilton's theory of turns for the groups SO(3) and SU(2) which renders their properties, in particular their composition law, nearly trivial and immediately evident upon inspection. We show that the entire construction can be based on binary rotations rather than mirror reflections.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Pramana - Journal of Physics
Publisher:	Indian Academy of Sciences
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Indian Academy of Sciences.
Keywords:	Turns; groups SO(3) and SU(2); composition law for turns; rotations; reflections; binary rotations
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for High Energy Physics
Date Deposited:	09 Mar 2010 07:43
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:55
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/25780

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