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3: Pauli Algebra and Electrodynamics

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    • 3.1: Lorentz Transformation and Lorentz force
      The main importance of the Pauli algebra is to provide us with a stepping stone for the theory of spinor spaces. Yet it is useful to stop at this point to show that the formalism already developed provides us with an efficient framework for limited, yet important aspects of classical electrodyanmics (CED).
    • 3.2: The Free Maxwell Field
      Our approach to CED thus far is unusual inasmuch as we have effectively defined, classifed and transformed the electromagnetic field at a small region of space-time without having used the Maxwell equations. This is, of course, an indication of the effectiveness of our definition of the field in terms of active Lorentz transformations.


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