What is a Quatrain?

[reactor1967]

I heard that maxwells equations was written in quatrains which is suppose to be a higher level algerbra but I can,t find much about it on my google searches. I heard you can do things with that which can,t be done with vectors and tensors. Does anyone know anything about this?

 

[TimeLord]

If you mean quaternions, much information can be found. A quatrain is a literary device. However, Maxwell's equations are expressed in vector notation.

 

[reactor1967]

If you mean quaternions, much information can be found. Quatrains are a literary device. However, Maxwell's equations are expressed in vector notation.

yeah that is what I heard too so when I found out about quaternions I was curious. I will try to search the new spelling.