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Cayley-Dickson construction

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.

Proper noun

Cayley-Dickson construction

  1. 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.

Origin of Cayley-Dickson construction

Named after Arthur Cayley and Leonard Eugene Dickson.

Questions about Cayley-Dickson construction

What does Cayley-Dickson construction mean?
Cayley-Dickson construction means 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.
What part of speech is Cayley-Dickson construction?
Cayley-Dickson construction is a proper noun.

Words near Cayley-Dickson construction in the dictionary

  1. Cayley tables
  2. Cayley tree
  3. Cayley trees
  4. Cayley's formula
  5. Cayley's theorem
  6. Cayley-Dickson construction
  7. Cayleyan
  8. Cayleyans
  9. Cayleys
  10. Caylor
  11. Caylors

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