Some field equations with composite operators in octonion spaces

TL;DR

This paper investigates how composite operators involving physical quantities in octonion spaces influence gravitational and electromagnetic field equations, revealing new insights into their physical properties and interactions.

Contribution

It introduces the concept of composite operators in octonion spaces and demonstrates their impact on deriving and understanding field equations for gravitational and electromagnetic fields.

Findings

Composite operators can combine multiple physical quantities affecting field equations.

Field strength is not the only central quantity in these composite operators.

New field equations can be derived from different composite operators.

Abstract

The paper aims to explore the impact of composite operators containing a few physical quantities on the gravitational and electromagnetic fields, studying the influencing factors and physical properties of octonion field equations. J. C. Maxwell first utilized the quaternions and vector terminology to describe the electromagnetic fields. The octonions can be used to simultaneously describe the physical quantities of electromagnetic and gravitational fields, including the octonion field potential, field strength, field source, linear momentum, angular momentum, torque and force. In the octonion spaces, the field strength and quaternion operator are able to combine together to become one composite operator, making an important contribution to the field equations. Similarly, the field potential can also form some composite operators with the quaternion operator, and they have a certain impact on the field equations. Furthermore, other physical quantities can also be combined with the quaternion operator to form several composite operators. In these composite operators, multiple physical quantities can also have a certain impact on the field equations. In other words, the field strength does not occupy a unique central position, compared to other physical quantities in these composite operators. In the field theories described by the octonions, various field equations can be derived from the application of different composite operators. According to different composite operators, it is able to infer the field equations when the field strength or/and field potential make a certain contribution, and it is also possible to deduce several new field equations when the remaining physical quantities play a certain role. This further deepens the understanding of the physical properties of field equations.