Clifford Algebras and Possible Kinematics

• Дата: 2007
• Автор: McRae, A.S.
• Формат: Стаття
• Мова: English
• Опубліковано: Інститут математики НАН України 2007
• Назва видання: Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
• Онлайн доступ: http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/147367
• Назва журналу: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Цитувати: Clifford Algebras and Possible Kinematics / A.S. McRae // Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications. — 2007. — Т. 3. — Бібліогр.: 28 назв. — англ.

We review Bacry and Lévy-Leblond's work on possible kinematics as applied to 2-dimensional spacetimes, as well as the nine types of 2-dimensional Cayley-Klein geometries, illustrating how the Cayley-Klein geometries give homogeneous spacetimes for all but one of the kinematical groups. We then...