How to work with quarternions in Wolfram Mathematica?

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WolframAlpha["quaternion: 2-i+j+3k"]
WolframAlpha["quaternions: 2-i+j+3k multiplied by 2-i+j+0k multiplied by 1-i+j+k"] — Bob Hanlon, Jun 28 '14 at 15:00

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 28 '14 at 16:42

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To do the calculation without recourse to Wolfram|Alpha you can do

Needs["Quaternions`"]
Quaternion[2, 1, 1, 3] ** Quaternion[2, 1, 1, 0] ** Quaternion[1, 1, 1, 1]

Quaternion[-12, 4, 14, 2]

Or you can do this

quaternions

answered Jun 28 '14 at 16:42

m_goldberg

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