This paper aims to present, in a unified manner, the algebraic techniques of eigen-problem which are valid on both the quaternions and split quaternions. This paper studies eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the v-quaternion matrices by means of the complex representation of the v-quaternion matrices, and derives an algebraic technique to find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of v-quaternion matrices. This paper also gives a unification of algebraic techniques for eigenvalues and eigenvectors in quaternionic and split quaternionic mechanics.
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