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The abstract quaternion group, discovered by William Rowan Hamilton in 1843, is an illustration of group structure. After having defined this fundamental concept of physics, the chapter examines as examples the finite groups of order n ≤ 8 and in particular, the quaternion group. Then the quaternion algebra and the classical vector calculus are treated as an application.
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(2007). Quaternions. In: Quaternions, Clifford Algebras and Relativistic Physics. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-7791-5_2
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