Publication:4668863

zbMath1076.16015MaRDI QIDQ4668863

Tsit-Yuen Lam

Publication date: 15 April 2005

zbMATH Keywords

quaternions; division algebras; polyhedral groups; compositions of sums of squares

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20H15: Other geometric groups, including crystallographic groups

15A63: Quadratic and bilinear forms, inner products

01A55: History of mathematics in the 19th century

16K20: Finite-dimensional division rings

01-02: Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to history and biography

16-03: History of associative rings and algebras

17A35: Nonassociative division algebras

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Cites Work

• Klassifikationstheorie endlich-dimensionaler Algebren in der Zeit von 1880 bis 1920
• Compositions of quadratic forms
• Quaternionic determinants
• The binary polyhedral groups, and other generalizations of the quaternion group
• Hamilton, Rodrigues, and the Quaternion Scandal
• Hamilton's Discovery of Quaternions
• The octonions
• The “fundamental theorem of algebra” for quaternions
• Finite Subgroups of Division Rings
• Vector fields on spheres
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