Geometric Algebra: Imaginary Numbers Are Real
Timothy F. Havel
Fri Jan 25, Mon Jan 28, Wed Jan 30, Fri Feb 1, 04:30-06:00pm, NW14-1110
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Calculus & Linear Algebra, sophomore physics
Geometric algebra is a natural extension of vector algebra to metric geometries of arbitrary dimension, signature and curvature. A growing number of scholars have come to view it as a universal geometric language encompassing most of physics and much of mathematics. These four lectures will give a light introduction to the subject and some of its many applications, including molecular conformation, NMR spectroscopy, and quantum computing.
Web: http://mrix4.mit.edu/iap00_index.html
Contact: Timothy F. Havel, NW14-2218, 253-8309, tfhavel@mit.edu
Sponsor: Nuclear Engineering
Latest update: 31-Oct-2001
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