×

Pexiderized functional equations for vector products and quaternions. (English) Zbl 1299.39018

This is a continuation of a former work co-authored by the author on the connection between product of quaternions and product of three-dimensional vectors. In this paper, all the solutions of the functional equations \[ g_{1}(x)g_{2}(y)=-\langle x,y\rangle+g_{3}(x\times y) \qquad (x,y\in\mathbb{R}^{3}) \] and \[ f_{1}(r,x)f_{2}(s,y)=-\langle x,y\rangle+f_{3}(rs,sx+ry+x\times y) \qquad (r,s\in\mathbb{R}, x,y\in\mathbb{R}^{3}) \] are determined. Here \(g_{1},g_{2},g_{3}:\mathbb{R}^{3}\to \mathbb{H}\) and \(f_{1},f_{2},f_{3}:\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}^{3}\to \mathbb{H}\) the unknown functions while \(\mathbb{R}\) and \(\mathbb{H}\) denote the set of real numbers and the set of the skew field of quaternions, respectively. Special cases and consequences are also investigated.

MSC:

39B52 Functional equations for functions with more general domains and/or ranges
16K20 Finite-dimensional division rings

References:

[1] I. L. Kantor and A. S. Solodovnikov, Hypercomplex Numbers, Springer-Verlag (New York, 1989). · Zbl 0669.17001 · doi:10.1007/978-1-4612-3650-4
[2] B. Nyul and G. Nyul, Functional equations for vector products and quaternions, Aequat. Math., 85 (2013), 35-39. · Zbl 1271.39018 · doi:10.1007/s00010-012-0120-7
[3] J. Vince, Quaternions for Computer Graphics, Springer-Verlag (London, 2011). · Zbl 1233.68007 · doi:10.1007/978-0-85729-760-0
[4] J. P. Ward, Quaternions and Cayley Numbers, Kluwer Academic Publishers (Dordrecht, 1997). · Zbl 0877.15031 · doi:10.1007/978-94-011-5768-1
This reference list is based on information provided by the publisher or from digital mathematics libraries. Its items are heuristically matched to zbMATH identifiers and may contain data conversion errors. In some cases that data have been complemented/enhanced by data from zbMATH Open. This attempts to reflect the references listed in the original paper as accurately as possible without claiming completeness or a perfect matching.