Glimpses of the octonions and quaternions history and today's applications in quantum physics

DOI10.1007/S00006-011-0299-ZzbMATH Open1301.81015arXiv0803.0119OpenAlexW2164790960MaRDI QIDQ430749FDOQ430749

Andrzej Krzysztof Kwaśniewski

Publication date: 26 June 2012

Published in: Advances in Applied Clifford Algebras (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Before we dive into the accessibility stream of nowadays indicatory applications of octonions to computer and other sciences and to quantum physics let us focus for a while on the crucially relevant events for todays revival on interest to nonassociativity. Our reflections keep wandering back to the $Brahmagupta$ $Fibonacc$ two square identity and then via the $Euler$ four square identity up to the $Degen$ $Ggraves$ $Cayley$ eight square identity. These glimpses of history incline and invite us to retell the story on how about one month after quaternions have been carved on the $Broughamian$ bridge octonions were discovered by $John$ $Thomas$ $Ggraves$, jurist and mathematician, a friend of $William$ $Rowan$ $Hamilton$. As for today we just mention en passant quaternionic and octonionic quantum mechanics, generalization of $Cauchy$ $Riemann$ equations for octonions and triality principle and $G_2$ group in spinor language in a descriptive way in order not to daunt non specialists. Relation to finite geometries is recalled and the links to the 7stones of seven sphere, seven imaginary octonions units in out of the $Plato$ cave reality applications are appointed . This way we are welcomed back to primary ideas of $Heisenberg$, $Wheeler$ and other distinguished fathers of quantum mechanics and quantum gravity foundations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0803.0119

zbMATH Keywords

discrete geometryoctonionsClifford algebrasquantum physics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quaternion and other division algebras: arithmetic, zeta functions (11R52) Nonassociative division algebras (17A35) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Operator theory over fields other than (mathbb{R}), (mathbb{C}) or the quaternions; non-Archimedean operator theory (47S10)

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