On Hyperbolic Complex Numbers

Abstract

For dimensions two, three and four, we derive hyperbolic complex algebraic structures on the basis of suitably defined vector products and powers which allow in a standard way a series definitions of the hyperbolic vector exponential function. In doing so, we both modify arrow multiplication, which, according to Feynman, is fundamental for quantum electrodynamics, and we give a geometric explanation of why in a certain situation it is natural to define random vector products. Through the interplay of vector algebra, geometry and complex analysis, we extend a systematic approach previously developed for various other complex algebraic structures to the field of hyperbolic complex numbers. We discuss a quadratic vector equation and the property of hyperbolically holomorphic functions of satisfying hyperbolically modified Cauchy–Riemann differential equations and also give a proof of an Euler type formula based on series expansion.