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- Organization: Middle East Technical University - Computer Center
- Date: Monday, 25 Jan 1993 14:09:41 TUR
- From: Melih Sener <E62802@TRMETU.BITNET>
- Message-ID: <93025.140941E62802@TRMETU.BITNET>
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Frobenius Thm. on real dision algebras
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- As far as I know there is a theorem due to Frobenius, which
- states that the only associative divison algebras over real numbers
- are complex numbers and quaternions (if you drop the requirement
- of associativity octonions are also added to this list.)
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- Here are my questions...
- 1- Where can I find an explicit proof of this and related theorems?
- (In Porteus' (Topological Geometry) , there is some info about the subject
- but if there other sources, I'd like to know them.)
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- 2- Is this theorem valid only for finite dimensional case?
- (i.e. Is there an infinite dimensional real divison algebra?)
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- Thanks for any information ....
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- Melih Sener<e62802 at trmetu.bitnet>
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