Abstract
The introduction of complex numbers marked a significant leap in
mathematics, introducing the imaginary unit i to represent the
square root of -1. This innovative concept proved invaluable in solving
equations involving square roots of negative numbers. The extension to
quaternions involved introducing additional imaginary units denoted as
j and k. A quaternion in an interesting concept that
extends complex numbers to 4-D.The manuscript is about using quaternions
to calculate wave packets in one-dimension, and anti-hermitian operators
to obtain the results in quaternionic form including expectation values
of position, momentum and energy. The results are compared to the
exisiting results on complex wave packets in one-dimension.