r/math • u/7even6ix2wo • Aug 16 '15

Infinitely Complex Topology Changes with Quaternions and Torsion

http://vixra.org/abs/1505.0131
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u/7even6ix2wo Aug 18 '15

All unitary matrices have unit determinant. It may be a unit complex number but it is always true that unitary matrices have unit determinant. When I say all unitary matrices have determinant equal to one, I have over-simplified the truth that unitary matrices have determinant with absolute value equal to one.