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The Quaternion Numbers Cover
By: Xiquan Liang and  Fuguo Ge  
Open Access
|Jun 2008

Abstract

In this article, we define the set H of quaternion numbers as the set of all ordered sequences q = <x,y,w,z> where x,y,w and z are real numbers. The addition, difference and multiplication of the quaternion numbers are also defined. We define the real and imaginary parts of q and denote this by x = ℜ(q), y = ℑ1(q), w = ℑ2(q), z = ℑ3(q). We define the addition, difference, multiplication again and denote this operation by real and three imaginary parts. We define the conjugate of q denoted by q*' and the absolute value of q denoted by |q|. We also give some properties of quaternion numbers.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10037-006-0020-1 | Journal eISSN: 1898-9934 | Journal ISSN: 1426-2630
Language: English
Page range: 161 - 169
Published on: Jun 13, 2008
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2008 Xiquan Liang, Fuguo Ge, published by University of Białystok
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.

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