Why Hamilton couldn't multiply triples

DOI10.1080/07468342.2021.1897418MaRDI QIDQ4956274zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Adrian C. Rice, Ezra Brown

Publication date 1 September 2021

Published in The College Mathematics Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/07468342.2021.1897418

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Sums of squares and representations by other particular quadratic forms (11E25) Quaternion and other division algebras: arithmetic, zeta functions (11R52) Eigenvalues, singular values, and eigenvectors (15A18) Number theory (educational aspects) (97F60)

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