%0 Journal Article %T Algebraic Techniques for Linear Equations over Quaternions and Split Quaternions: A Unified Approach in Quaternionic and Split Quaternionic Mechanics %A Gang Wang %A Zhenwei Guo %A Dong Zhang %A Tongsong Jiang %J Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics %P 1718-1731 %@ 2327-4379 %D 2019 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/jamp.2019.78118 %X This paper aims to present, in a unified manner, algebraic techniques for linear equations which are valid on both the algebras of quaternions and split quaternions. This paper, introduces a concept of v-quaternion, studies the problem of v-quaternionic linear equations by means of a complex representation and a real representation of v-quaternion matrices, and gives two algebraic methods for solving v-quaternionic linear equations. This paper also gives a unification of algebraic techniques for quaternionic and split quaternionic linear equations in quaternionic and split quaternionic mechanics. %K V-Quaternion %K Complex Representation %K Real Representation %K Linear Equations %K Quaternion %K Split Quaternion %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=94385