Notes on the octonions

zbMath1419.53054arXiv1005.2820MaRDI QIDQ4590930

Dietmar A. Salamon, Thomas Walpuski

Publication date: 20 November 2017

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1005.2820

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Issues of holonomy in differential geometry (53C29) Calibrations and calibrated geometries (53C38) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to linear algebra (15-01) Nonassociative division algebras (17A35)

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