A Geometric Algebra Invitation to Space-Time Physics, Robotics and Molecular Geometry

by Carlile Lavor, Sebastià Xambó-Descamps, Isiah Zaplana

Overview

This book offers a gentle introduction to key elements of Geometric Algebra, along with their applications in Physics, Robotics and Molecular Geometry. Major applications covered are the physics of space-time, including Maxwell electromagnetism and the Dirac equation; robotics, including formulations for the forward and inverse kinematics and an overview of the singularity problem for serial robots; and molecular geometry, with 3D-protein structure calculations using NMR data. The book is primarily intended for graduate students and advanced undergraduates in related fields, but can also benefit professionals in search of a pedagogical presentation of these subjects.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783319906652
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	07/12/2018
Series:	SpringerBriefs in Mathematics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Carlile Lavor is a Full Professor at the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Campinas, Brazil. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Sciences from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with post-doc studies at Duke University, USA; École Polytechnique – Paris LIX, France; and the National Laboratory for Scientific Computing (LNCC), Brazil. He co-authored the books “Introduction to Distance Geometry Applied to Molecular Geometry” and “Euclidean Distance Geometry,” and co-edited the book “Distance Geometry.” 
Sebastian Xambó-Descamps is a Full Professor of Information and Coding Theory at the Technical University of Catalonia, Spain. He holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Barcelona, and an M.Sc. degree in Mathematics from Brandeis University, USA. He authored the books “Block Error-Correcting Codes” and “The Enumerative Theory of Conics after Halphen,” edited “Enumerative Geometry,” and co-edited "Cosmology, Quantum Vacuum and Zeta Functions," among other books. 
Isiah Zaplana graduated with a degree in Mathematics from the University of Murcia (Spain), and holds a Ph.D. in Automatic Control, Robotics and Computer Vision from the Technical University of Catalonia (Spain). He currently works in the Advanced Robotics Department of the Italian Institute of Technology as a PostDoc. His main research interest concerns to the links between robotics and mathematics.

Table of Contents

Chapter 01- Low dimensional geometric algebras.- Chapter 02- Conformal geometric algebra.- Chapter 03- Minkowski's space time.- Chapter 04- Robot kinematics.- Chapter 05- Molecular geometry.

Editorial Reviews

The present booklet is a concise presentation of main tools of geometric algebras (GAs) with selected instances of domains in which these tools are sucessfully implemented. … this brief is a very nice introduction to the subject of some important contemporary topics.” (Mircea Crâşmăreanu, zbMATH 1395.00007, 2018)

“The book under review is an abbreviated introduction to Geometric Algebra and some of its uses. … At just about 120 pages this book offers a brisk and exceling view of the many roles of Geometric Algebra.” (Jeff Ibbotson, MAA Reviews, February, 2019)

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