HYPERCOMPLEXNUMBER

Hypercomplex number

In mathematics, a hypercomplex number is a traditional term for an element of an algebra over a field where the field is the real numbers or the complex numbers. In the nineteenth century number systems called quaternions, tessarines, coquaternions, biquaternions, and octonions became established concepts in mathematical literature. The concept of a hypercomplex number covered them all, and called for a science to explain and classify them.

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hypercomplex number

Noun

  1. A complex number consisting of more than two square roots of negative one, creating multiple simulated dimensions.


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