Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site seismo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!seismo!rivers From: rivers@seismo.UUCP (Wilmer Rivers) Newsgroups: net.math Subject: n-dimensional complex numbers Message-ID: <655@seismo.UUCP> Date: Tue, 6-Mar-84 14:04:05 EST Article-I.D.: seismo.655 Posted: Tue Mar 6 14:04:05 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Mar-84 07:46:53 EST Organization: Center for Seismic Studies, Arlington, VA Lines: 9 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