Oersted Medal Lecture 2002 Reforming the Mathematical奥斯特奖章讲座2002改革数学.pptVIP

Oersted Medal Lecture 2002:Reforming the Mathematical Language of Physics Reforming the Mathematical Language of Physics Five Principles of Learning A Babylon of mathematical tongues contributes to fragmentation of knowledge Properties of rotors Properties of rotors Properties of rotors Properties of rotors Properties of rotors What have we learned so far? Rules for multiplying vectors that apply to vector spaces of any dimension. What follows? The coordinate-free representation of rotations by rotors and directed arcs generalizes to ? Rotations in 3D, ? Lorentz transformations in spacetime, ? Real spinors in quantum mechanics, where the unit imaginary appears as a unit bivector i related to spin! Noncommutativity of Rotations U2 (U1) = U2U1 Noncommutativity of Rotations U2 (U1) = U2U1U1 (U2 Noncommutativity of Rotations U2 (U1) = U2U1U1 (U2) Noncommutativity of Rotations U2 (U1) = U2U1U1 (U2) = U1U2 Integration of complex numbers with vectors and interpretation as directed arcs. Geometric meaning of the geometric product and its component parts in How rotor algebra clarifies and facilitates the treatment of rotations in 2D and 3D. A greatly expanded written version of this lecture, to be published in the AJP, ? demonstrates how GA integrates and simplifies classical, relativistic and quantum physics, ? develops GA to the point where it is ready to incorporate into the physics curriculum at all levels. What next? I will conduct a Workshop on GA in physics at the summer AAPT meeting. For those who can’t wait, ? A thorough introduction to 3D GA with applications in my book New Foundations for Classical Mechanics ? Many papers and links to other web sites @ http:\\ A challenge to PER and the physics community! Critically examine the following claims: ? GA provides a unified language for the whole physics that is conceptually and computationally superior to alternative math systems