Re: [lojban] Quaternions

[Invent Yourself <xod@sixgirls.org>]

On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Pierre Abbat wrote:

> I propose the following notation for quaternions:
>
> pa = ka'oxino = 1
> ka'o = ka'oxipa = i
> ka'oxire = j
> ka'oxici = k
>
> Thus voka'omuka'oxiciso = 4+5i+9k.
> But if someone for some other reason wanted to subscript ka'o with a number
> greater than 9, we'd run into trouble. (The most I can imagine subscripting
> ka'o with is 7 for octonions.) Another way to say it would be:
>
> pa = 1
> ka'opa = i
> ka'oka'opa = j
> ka'oka'oka'opa = k
>
> so 4+5i+9k would be voka'omuka'oka'oso.
>
> Comments?



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