Definition of "octonions" [octonions]

• Plural form of octonion. (noun)

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• "I hope Eva and Clifford are right, but in case SUSY is essential there must be a deeper way to understand it, perhaps afforded by octonions."
• "But there are close relationships between the representation theory of SO (8) - the transverse directions in 9+1 dim spacetime and the octonions that allow a supersymmetric theory to be defined."
• "There is no SL (2, O), because the octonions are non-associative."