In mathematics, a composition algebra A over a field K is a not necessarily associative algebra over K together with a nondegenerate quadratic form N...
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possibilities. Such algebras, sometimes called Hurwitz algebras, are examples of composition algebras. The theory of composition algebras has subsequently...
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Cayley–Dickson construction (redirect from Cayley-Dickson algebra)
examples are useful composition algebras frequently applied in mathematical physics. The Cayley–Dickson construction defines a new algebra as a Cartesian product...
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In abstract algebra, an alternative algebra is an algebra in which multiplication need not be associative, only alternative. That is, one must have x...
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mathematics, an algebra over a field (often simply called an algebra) is a vector space equipped with a bilinear product. Thus, an algebra is an algebraic structure...
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generalized to form algebras of dimension 2n over a field F with involution. The square function z2 is the "norm" of the composition algebra C {\displaystyle...
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mathematics, and more specifically in abstract algebra, a *-algebra (or involutive algebra; read as "star-algebra") is a mathematical structure consisting of...
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Hypercomplex number (redirect from Hypercomplex algebra)
hypercomplexity: Hurwitz's theorem says finite-dimensional real composition algebras are the reals R {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} } , the complexes C {\displaystyle...
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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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Ring (mathematics) (redirect from Ring (algebra))
In mathematics, a ring is an algebraic structure consisting of a set with two binary operations called addition and multiplication, which obey the same...
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In mathematics, an associative algebra A over a commutative ring (often a field) K is a ring A together with a ring homomorphism from K into the center...
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Split-complex number (category Composition algebras)
{\displaystyle N(wz)=N(w)N(z).} This composition of N over the algebra product makes (D, +, ×, *) a composition algebra. A similar algebra based on R 2 {\displaystyle...
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= 1. Banach algebra Composition algebra Division algebra Gelfand–Mazur theorem Hurwitz's theorem (composition algebras) "Normed Algebra". Encyclopaedia...
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In abstract algebra, a Boolean algebra or Boolean lattice is a complemented distributive lattice. This type of algebraic structure captures essential properties...
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Algebra is a branch of mathematics that deals with abstract systems, known as algebraic structures, and the manipulation of expressions within those systems...
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studied by Susumu Okubo. Okubo algebras are composition algebras, flexible algebras (A(BA) = (AB)A), Lie admissible algebras, and power associative, but...
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universal algebra, an algebraic structure is called an algebra; this term may be ambiguous, since, in other contexts, an algebra is an algebraic structure...
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Process calculus (redirect from Sequential composition)
In computer science, the process calculi (or process algebras) are a diverse family of related approaches for formally modelling concurrent systems. Process...
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Absolute value (section Composition algebras)
algebras is given by the square root of the composition algebra norm. In general the norm of a composition algebra may be a quadratic form that is not definite...
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quaternion algebra over a field F is a central simple algebra A over F that has dimension 4 over F. Every quaternion algebra becomes a matrix algebra by extending...
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In abstract algebra, a magma, binar, or, rarely, groupoid is a basic kind of algebraic structure. Specifically, a magma consists of a set equipped with...
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Homological algebra is the branch of mathematics that studies homology in a general algebraic setting. It is a relatively young discipline, whose origins...
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operator algebra is an algebra of continuous linear operators on a topological vector space, with the multiplication given by the composition of mappings...
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Poincaré group (redirect from Poincaré algebra)
phy.olemiss.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-18. The Wikibook Associative Composition Algebra has a page on the topic of: Poincaré group Wu-Ki Tung (1985). Group...
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Quaternion (category Composition algebras)
Hamilton in 1843 and applied to mechanics in three-dimensional space. The algebra of quaternions is often denoted by H (for Hamilton), or in blackboard bold...
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mathematics, and more specifically in abstract algebra, a rng (or non-unital ring or pseudo-ring) is an algebraic structure satisfying the same properties as...
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f. Such chains have the algebraic structure of a monoid, called a transformation monoid or (much more seldom) a composition monoid. In general, transformation...
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Biquaternion (category Composition algebras)
divisor. The algebra of biquaternions forms a composition algebra and can be constructed from bicomplex numbers. See § As a composition algebra below. Note...
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Octonion (redirect from Dixon algebra)
In 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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Norm (mathematics) (category Linear algebra)
{\displaystyle N(z)} in composition algebras does not share the usual properties of a norm since null vectors are allowed. A composition algebra ( A , ∗ , N ) {\displaystyle...
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