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chingon

chingon noun: a 64-dimensional hypercomplex number that is an extension of a trigintaduonion.

Noun

chingon (plural chingons)

  1. A 64-dimensional hypercomplex number that is an extension of a trigintaduonion.
    • Let’s expand our horizons to the 32-D and 64-D cases and give them names (since they currently don’t have any!). Following the convention adopted by Tony Smith, who has called the 2⁸-ions Voudons after the 256 deities of the Ifa pantheon of Voodoo or Voudon, we’ll call these Pathions (for the “32...2002, Robert P. C. de Marrais, “Flying Higher Than a Box-Kite: Kite-Chain Middens, Sand Mandalas, and Zero-Divisor Patterns in the 2ⁿ-ions Beyond the Sedenions”, in arXiv, →DOI, page 7
    • According to the logic of doubling the dimensions on which Cayley–Dickson algebra is built, after quaternions the so-called 8D octonions (#92;mathbbO—Octonions) can be obtained, followed by 16D sedenions, 32D pathions, 64D chingons, 128D routons, and 256D voudons.2022, Zlatka Valkova-Jarvis, Vladimir Poulkov, Viktor Stoynov, Dimitriya Mihaylova, Georgi Iliev, “A Method for the Design of Bicomplex Orthogonal DSP Algorithms for Applications in Intelligent Radio...

Forms of chingon

pluralchingons

Origin of chingon

Blend of I Ching + quaternion. Named after the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching.

Questions about chingon

What does chingon mean?
Chingon means a 64-dimensional hypercomplex number that is an extension of a trigintaduonion.
What part of speech is chingon?
Chingon is a noun.
What is the plural of chingon?
The plural of chingon is chingons.

Words near chingon in the dictionary

  1. chingma
  2. Chingmen
  3. Chingming
  4. Chingming Festival
  5. Chingola
  6. chingon
  7. chingons
  8. Chingpaw
  9. chingri
  10. chings
  11. Chingshubam

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