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pathion

pathion noun: a 32-dimensional hypercomplex number that is a nonassociative extension of a sedenion.

Noun

pathion (plural pathions)

  1. A 32-dimensional hypercomplex number that is a nonassociative extension of a sedenion.
    • 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...
    Synonyms:
    trigintaduonion

Synonyms of pathion

Forms of pathion

pluralpathions

Origin of pathion

Blend of path + quaternion. Named after the 32 paths of wisdom of Kabbalah.

Questions about pathion

What does pathion mean?
Pathion means a 32-dimensional hypercomplex number that is a nonassociative extension of a sedenion.
What part of speech is pathion?
Pathion is a noun.
What is the plural of pathion?
The plural of pathion is pathions.

Words near pathion in the dictionary

  1. pathicks
  2. pathics
  3. pathies
  4. pathing
  5. pathings
  6. pathion
  7. pathions
  8. Pathirana
  9. Pathiranas
  10. pathiri
  11. pathiris

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