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Computer generated natural inner automorphisms of Cayley's algebra

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2009

P. J. C. Lamont
P. J. C. Lamont
Affiliation:
QIS Department, Western Illinois University Macomb, Illinois 61455
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This paper results from the design and development of computer software for lengthy computations with Cayley's algebra C over the field of reals. The algebra C is 8-dimensional over the reals and is not associative. Integer elements of C are defined and can be stored as integer arrays. The problem of solving linear equations αξ = β in C is implemented by using the equation where is the conjugate and N(α) is the non-zero norm of α. Programming multiplication of Cayley numbers is comparable in difficulty to programming matrix multiplication for matrices with eight rows and eight columns.

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Research Article
Information
Glasgow Mathematical Journal , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , July 1982 , pp. 187 - 189
Copyright
Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 1982

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