• spacetime algebra (STA) is the application of Clifford algebra Cl1,3(R), or equivalently the geometric algebra G(M4) to physics. Spacetime algebra provides...
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  • geometric algebras applied in physics include the spacetime algebra (and the less common algebra of physical space) and the conformal geometric algebra. Geometric...
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  • (3+1)-dimensional spacetime, representing a point in spacetime via a paravector (3-dimensional vector plus a 1-dimensional scalar). The Clifford algebra Cl3,0(R)...
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  • quantum spacetime, and to Robert Oppenheimer, who carried it to Hartland Snyder, who published the first concrete example. Snyder's Lie algebra was made...
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    The action is the relativistic arclength of the path of the particle in spacetime, minus the potential energy contribution, plus an extra contribution which...
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    \mathbf {B} \right)=0} We can identify APS as a subalgebra of the spacetime algebra (STA) Cℓ1,3(R){\displaystyle C\ell _{1,3}(\mathbb {R} )}, defining...
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  • relativity, a theory that explains the force of gravity and the structure of spacetime at the macro-level. The other is quantum mechanics, a completely different...
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  • form is not a Lorentz transformation of the underlying spacetime. The Clifford algebra of spacetime used in physics thus has more structure than Cl4(C)....
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  • real and one complex coordinate, or using tensors. Spacetime algebra is a type of geometric algebra, closely related to Minkowski space, and is equivalent...
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  • depend on the metric of spacetime. This means that the theory is not sensitive to changes in the shape of spacetime; if spacetime warps or contracts, the...
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