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From: rivers@seismo.UUCP (Wilmer Rivers)
Newsgroups: net.math
Subject: n-dimensional complex numbers
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Date: Tue, 6-Mar-84 14:04:05 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar  6 14:04:05 1984
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The recent postings regarding extensions of quaternions to
higher dimensions are interesting, & they lead me to ask the
following totally naive question : are there corresponding
generalizations to higher-order spinors ? Can rotations in
n-dimensional space be described this way ? Please forgive me
if this is a dumb question. I haven't read anything about higher-
order quaternions except for the recent postings, & I haven't
really given the subject too much thought.
     W. Rivers