Quaternions and Cayley Numbers : Algebra and Applications /

This monograph is an accessible account of the normed algebras over the real field, particularly the quaternions and the Cayley numbers. The application of quaternions to spherical geometry and to mechanics is considered and the relation between quaternions and rotations in 3- and 4-dimensional Eucl...

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Main Author: Ward, J. P.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1997.
Series:Mathematics and its applications ; 403.
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