The octonions

DOI10.1090/S0273-0979-01-00934-XzbMATH Open1026.17001arXivmath/0105155OpenAlexW4235693166WikidataQ55865795 ScholiaQ55865795MaRDI QIDQ4536037FDOQ4536037

Authors: John Baez 

Publication date: 17 June 2002

Published in: Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The octonions are the largest of the four normed division algebras. While somewhat neglected due to their nonassociativity, they stand at the crossroads of many interesting fields of mathematics. Here we describe them and their relation to Clifford algebras and spinors, Bott periodicity, projective and Lorentzian geometry, Jordan algebras, and the exceptional Lie groups. We also touch upon their applications in quantum logic, special relativity and supersymmetry.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0105155

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zbMATH Keywords

projective planesstring theoryBott periodicityoctonionssupersymmetryClifford algebrastrialityFreudenthal triple systemsJordan algebrasspecial relativityexceptional Lie algebrasLorentzian geometrymagic square

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonassociative division algebras (17A35) Applications of Lie groups to the sciences; explicit representations (22E70) Exceptional Jordan structures (17C40) Applications of Jordan algebras to physics, etc. (17C90) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to nonassociative rings and algebras (17-02)

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