GEM blog 11: Snarky Puzzles 2
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Channel: Doug Sweetser · 2011 · Science & Technology
This is a reading of the post "Snarky Puzzle Answers 2" by the Stand-Up Physicist, available at Science20.com. Four snarky puzzles are read, followed by the back story, the answer and a discussion. The first puzzle is about how to factor B^2 - E^2 using quaternions. The second puzzle shows a 4D spacetime wire cube. The answer was expanded to include the cube rotated in space, and given a Lorentz boost along the x, xy, and xyz directions. The third puzzle concerns the symmetries of the standard model. The final puzzle is about gamma matrices and their relationship to quaternions.
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