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Quaternion Binaries: an Extension of Quaternions to give an Eight-element System applicable to Ordinary Space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

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In this system vectors are regarded as translators only. A special operator, R, transforms them into rotors. A second application of the operator retransforms rotors into translators. The system is essentially Hamilton's, with the removal of the restriction that vectors shall act as translators in addition, and as rotors in multiplication.

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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1904

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