The Discovery of Algebras

Bartel Leenert van der Waerden
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Bartel Leenert van der Waerden: Universität Zürich, Mathematisches Institut

Chapter Chapter 10 in A History of Algebra, 1985, pp 177-201 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In the present chapter, the discovery of special algebras or “hypercomplex number systems” such as the ordinary complex numbers, the quaternions, the octonions, etcetera will be described. The general theory of the structure of algebras will be the subject of the next Chapter 11.

Keywords: Group Algebra; Division Algebra; Clifford Algebra; Ground Field; Generalize Quaternion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1985
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-51599-6_10

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