The Octonion Math That Could Underpin Physics

Re:The Octonion Math That Could Underpin Physics by amai on Friday July 20, 2018 @02:04PM (#17577352)

Why are complex numbers not called duonions then?

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Re:The Octonion Math That Could Underpin Physics by OscarCunningham on Friday July 20, 2018 @02:23PM (#17577488)

And why are the real numbers not called "onions"?

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Re:The Octonion Math That Could Underpin Physics by kibwen on Friday July 20, 2018 @04:46PM (#17578763)

Obviously due to potential confusion with the zero-dimensional numbering system, "0nions".

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Re:The Octonion Math That Could Underpin Physics by dahart on Saturday July 21, 2018 @10:58AM (#17582204)

Hehe, well we could have unions & oneions. For some reason as I'm reading about octonions, I keep picturing 8-cloved garlic.

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Re:The Octonion Math That Could Underpin Physics by amw on Friday July 20, 2018 @02:40PM (#17577670)

I went upstairs to find the machine where I was already logged in so I could hunt down and upvote this comment.

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Re:The Octonion Math That Could Underpin Physics by wolfgke on Friday July 20, 2018 @04:32PM (#17578671)

> Why are complex numbers not called duonions then?

Why are pairs not commonly called duples?

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