Reflections with Respect to Line and Hyperplane from Quaternionic Point of View
Abstract
In this study, the reflections in and are investigated by unit quaternions. Firstly, a linear transformation is defined to describe reflections in with respect to the plane passing through the origin and orthogonal to the quaternion. Then some examples are given to discuss obtained results. Similarly, two linear transformations are stated which correspond to the reflection in with respect to the hyperplane passing through the origin and a reflection with respect to the line in the direction of the quaternion. Finally, the matrix representaions of these reflections are found and the eigenvalues, eigenvectors of them are given to analyse the geometric meaning in terms of the components of the quaternion for each case.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Mathematical Sciences
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Melek Erdoğdu
0000-0001-9610-6229
Türkiye
Publication Date
September 1, 2019
Submission Date
September 18, 2018
Acceptance Date
April 19, 2019
Published in Issue
Year 2019 Volume: 9 Number: 3