Cayley-Dickson construction

proper noun

A construction that produces a sequence of Cayley-Dickson algebras: algebras over the field of real numbers, each with twice the dimension of the previous one.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. mathematicsA construction that produces a sequence of Cayley-Dickson algebras: algebras over the field of real numbers, each with twice the dimension of the previous one.

Origin

Named after Arthur Cayley and Leonard Eugene Dickson.

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