2006/11/28 by Martin Erik Horn, Horn, Martin Erik · 1 citation
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics #Advanced Topics in Algebra #FOS: Physical sciences #Mathematics and Applications #Physics Education (physics.ed-ph) #physics.ed-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0611277
8 pages, 3 figures, in Englisch and German
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In high school physics and physics at university level anti-commutative and non-commutative quantities play an outstanding role at the theoretical description of physical relations. But while using commutative quantities, the basic formal relations of mathematical physics are introduced clearly and step-by-step, a similar clear presentation of non-commuatative relations with didactical sensible examples is lacking. On the basis of a q-analog of the Pascal triangle (sometimes called quantum Pascal triangle) this paper discusses whether a less abstract introduction into non-commutative relations is possible. The didactical relevance of this approach is analysed. In an attachment all three triangles of the Pauli Pascal plane are presented.