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Author(s): John H. Conway and Derek A. Smith
Title: On quaternions and octonions: Their geometry, arithmetic, and symmetry
Additional book information: A K Peters, Ltd., Natick, MA, 2003, xii + 159, $29.00, 1-56881-134-9

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Reviewer(s):
John C. Baez
Affiliation: University of California, Riverside
Email: baez@math.ucr.edu

MSC (2000): Primary 11H31, 17-01, 17A35; Secondary 17C40, 22E46, 52B11
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-05-01043-8
PII: S 0273-0979(05)01043-8
Posted: January 26, 2005
Copyright of article: Copyright 2005, John C. Baez

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