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Title: The split algebras and noncompact Hopf maps

Journal Article · · Journal of Mathematical Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3372628· OSTI ID:21335973
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  1. Department of General Education, Kagawa National College of Technology, Takuma-cho, Mitoyo city, Kagawa 769-1192 (Japan)

We develop a noncompact version of the Hopf maps based on the split algebras. The split algebras consist of three species: split-complex numbers, split quaternions, and split octonions. They correspond to three noncompact Hopf maps that represent topological maps between hyperboloids in different dimensions with hyperboloid bundle. We realize such noncompact Hopf maps in two ways: one is to utilize the split-imaginary unit, and the other is to utilize the ordinary imaginary unit. Topological structures of the hyperboloid bundles are explored, and the canonical connections are naturally regarded as noncompact gauge field of monopoles.

OSTI ID:
21335973
Journal Information:
Journal of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 51, Issue 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3372628; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0022-2488
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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