Octonions
Mathematical Physics
2010-11-04 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
math.MP
Abstract
In this paper we review the topological model for the quaternions based upon the Dirac string trick. We then extend this model, to create a model for the octonions - the non-associative generalization of the quaternions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1010.2979,
title = {Octonions},
author = {Jonathan Hackett and Louis H. Kauffman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.2979},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
11 pages, 11 figures