Definition:Octonion

Definition

The octonions can be defined by using the Cayley-Dickson construction from the quaternions $\Bbb H$.

From Quaternions form Algebra, $\Bbb H$ forms a nicely normed $*$-algebra.

This set is usually denoted $\Bbb O$.

Let $a, b \in \Bbb H$.

Then $a, b \in \Bbb O$, where:

$\left({a, b}\right) \left({c, d}\right) = \left({a c - d \overline b, \overline a \oplus d + c \oplus b}\right)$

$\overline {\left({a, b}\right)} = \left({\overline a, -b}\right)$

where:

$\overline a$ is the conjugate on $a$

and

$\overline {\left({a, b}\right)}$ is the conjugation operation on $\Bbb O$.

Also see

• Results about octonions can be found here.