Real quadratic division algebras (Q4944402)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1418140
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1418140 |
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Real quadratic division algebras (English)
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30 May 2001
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finite-dimensional real division algebras
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real quadratic division algebras
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0.96857303
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It is known that finite-dimensional real division algebras occur only in dimension 1, 2, 4 and 8, but the classification of these algebras is an open problem. The author has investigated the subproblem of classifying all 4-dimensional real division algebras in a previous paper. Now he uses this classification to show that: (i) the double of a 4-dimensional real quadratic division algebra is again a division algebra, (ii) any cross-section for the equivalence classes of configurations, together with \(\mathbb{R}\) and \(\mathbb{C}\), classifies all finite-dimensional real quadratic algebras with doubling-invariant division property.
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