Applications of the double and the dual numbers. The Bianchi models

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https://doi.org/10.31349/RevMexFisE.17.146

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Double numbers, dual numbers, cosmology, Lie groups.

Abstract

We show that by using complex, double, and dual numbers one can find the invariant one-forms employed in the metrics of the Bianchi cosmological models. The result is equivalent to find, locally, all the Lie groups of dimension three.

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2020-07-01

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G. F. Torres del Castillo, “Applications of the double and the dual numbers. The Bianchi models”, Rev. Mex. Fis. E, vol. 17, no. 2 Jul-Dec, pp. 146–149, Jul. 2020.

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Vol. 17 No. 2 Jul-Dec (2020): Revista Mexicana de Física E

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02 Education in Physics

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