routon
routon noun: a 128-dimensional hypercomplex number.
Noun
routon (plural routons)
- A 128-dimensional hypercomplex number.
- For completeness’ sake, we name the 2⁷-ions too, dubbing them Routons, after that legendary source of high-tech innovativeness, Route 128 of the “Massachusetts Miracle” that paralleled Silicon Valley’s on the “Left Coast” of this country.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...
Proper noun capitalized: Routon
Routon (plural Routons)
- A surname.
Forms of routon
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | routons |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Routons |
Origin of routon
Blend of route + quaternion. Named after Massachusetts Route 128.
Questions about routon
- What does routon mean?
- Routon means a 128-dimensional hypercomplex number.
- What part of speech is routon?
- Routon can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of routon?
- The plural of routon is routons.
Words near routon in the dictionary
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