goosemano82 t1_iugjr0l wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:45 AM Reply to comment by EVenbeRi in ELI5: Why do we have real numbers with one term, complex numbers with two terms, quaternions with four terms, octonions and so on, and nothing in between? by wah_bsdk Thanks - can you rec any good surveys for mathy folk who haven’t dived into quaternions etc? Permalink Parent 1
goosemano82 t1_iugjr0l wrote
Reply to comment by EVenbeRi in ELI5: Why do we have real numbers with one term, complex numbers with two terms, quaternions with four terms, octonions and so on, and nothing in between? by wah_bsdk
Thanks - can you rec any good surveys for mathy folk who haven’t dived into quaternions etc?