mathematics, the octonions are a normed division algebra over the real numbers, a kind of hypercomplex number system. The octonions are usually represented...
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mathematics, the split-octonions are an 8-dimensional nonassociative algebra over the real numbers. Unlike the standard octonions, they contain non-zero...
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In mathematics, an octonion algebra or Cayley algebra over a field F is a composition algebra over F that has dimension 8 over F. In other words, it is...
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Cayley–Dickson construction (section Octonions)
Cayley–Dickson algebras, for example complex numbers, quaternions, and octonions. These examples are useful composition algebras frequently applied in...
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The Geometry of the Octonions is a mathematics book on the octonions, a system of numbers generalizing the complex numbers and quaternions, presenting...
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Cayley plane (redirect from Octonion projective plane)
the octonions. The Cayley plane was discovered in 1933 by Ruth Moufang, and is named after Arthur Cayley for his 1845 paper describing the octonions. In...
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Okubo algebra (redirect from Pseudo-octonion algebra)
In algebra, an Okubo algebra or pseudo-octonion algebra is an 8-dimensional non-associative algebra similar to the one studied by Susumu Okubo. Okubo algebras...
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Grand Unified Theory (section Octonion representations)
generation of 16 fermions can be put into the form of an octonion with each element of the octonion being an 8-vector. If the 3 generations are then put in...
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8 (section The octonions)
Petrie polygon of the tesseract and the 16-cell is a regular octagon. The octonions are a hypercomplex normed division algebra that are an extension of the...
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History of quaternions (section Octonions)
nevertheless, octonions are known by the name Cayley gave them – or as Cayley numbers. The major deduction from the existence of octonions was the eight...
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