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Colour algebras and Cayley–Dickson algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

Alberto Elduque  and
Hyo Chul Myung
Alberto Elduque
Affiliation:
Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
Hyo Chul Myung
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614, U.S.A
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Abstract

Forms of the colour algebra introduced by Domokos and Kövesi-Domokos are studied by relating them to the well-known Cayley–Dickson algebras. Automorphisms groups and derivation algebras of these algebras are also determined.

Type
Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 125 , Issue 6 , 1995 , pp. 1287 - 1303
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1995

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