Date of Award
7-1966
Degree Type
Master's Essay - Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science
Abstract
In a certain sense Cayley numbers and quaternions over the reals are generalizations of complex numbers. One can define complex numbers by means of ordered pairs of real numbers. (They can also be obtained by adjoining an imaginary solution i of the equation x2+ l = 0 to the real numbers.) Furthermore one can represent a complex number as a point in the plane. This is where the actual history of Cayley numbers begins.
Recommended Citation
Thaker, Mahendra, "Cayley Numbers" (1966). Master's Essays (1922 - ). 2900.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/essays/2900
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Comments
An essay submitted to Marquette University, Department of Mathematics, in partial fulfillment of the requirement for a Masters of Science Degree, Milwaukee, Milwaukee.