Determination of the biquaternion divisors of zero, including the idempotents and nilpotents. (Q5962210)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5789683
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| English | Determination of the biquaternion divisors of zero, including the idempotents and nilpotents. |
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5789683 |
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Determination of the biquaternion divisors of zero, including the idempotents and nilpotents. (English)
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21 September 2010
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The complexified quaternions were already considered by Hamilton himself shortly after his invention of the quaternion skew-field. In the paper under review, simple criteria for zero divisors, in particular, idempotents and nilpotent elements, are presented.
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zero divisors
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idempotents
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nilpotent elements
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biquaternions
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complexified quaternions
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