How to obtain division algebras from a generalized Cayley-Dickson doubling process (Q2253046)

In this paper, starting from notion of nonassociative quaternion division algebras, the classical Cayley-Dickson doubling process over an arbitrary field \(F\) was generalized. In this case, algebras constructed over \(F\) using the Cayley-Dickson doubling process were obtained starting from a unital algebra with involution, choosing the element for the doubling process as an invertible element of the algebra which is not contained in the base field. The resulting unital algebras are not third power-associative, hence not quadratic. Starting with a quaternion division algebra \(D\), are obtained division algebras \(A\) for all elements chosen in \(D\) outside of \(F\) (Theorem 6 a). This is independent of where the chosen element for the doubling process is placed inside the product. Thus three pairwise non-isomorphic families of eight-dimensional division algebras are obtained.