Quaternionic and Clifford Calculus for Physicists and Engineers

Download or read book Quaternionic and Clifford Calculus for Physicists and Engineers written by Klaus Gürlebeck and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1997 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quarternionic calculus covers a branch of mathematics which uses computational techniques to help solve problems from a wide variety of physical systems which are mathematically modelled in 3, 4 or more dimensions. Examples of the application areas include thermodynamics, hydrodynamics, geophysics and structural mechanics. Focusing on the Clifford algebra approach the authors have drawn together the research into quarternionic calculus to provide the non-expert or research student with an accessible introduction to the subject. This book fills the gap between the theoretical representations and the requirements of the user.