info prev up next book cdrom email home

Cayley Algebra

The only Nonassociative Division Algebra with Real Scalars. There is an 8-square identity corresponding to this algebra. The elements of a Cayley algebra are called Cayley Numbers or Octonions.


References

Kurosh, A. G. General Algebra. New York: Chelsea, pp. 226-28, 1963.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26