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On the Hopf fibration S7S4 Over Z

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2016

Takashi Ono*
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University
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Let K be the classical quaternion field over the field Q of rational numbers with the quaternion units 1, i, j, k, with relations i2 = j2 = − 1, k = ij = −ji. For a quaternion xK, we write its conjugate, trace and norm by and Nx, respectively. Put

and consider the map h: AB defined by

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Research Article
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Copyright © Editorial Board of Nagoya Mathematical Journal 1975

References

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3) Yu V. Linnik, Quaternions and Cayley numbers. Some applications of quaternion arithmetic. (Russian), Uspehi Mat. Nauk, IV, 5(33), (1949) 49-98.