sedenion

See also: Sedenion, sédénion, and sedenión

English

Etymology

From Latin sēdecim (“sixteen”).

Noun

sedenion (plural sedenions)

1. (mathematics) A 16-dimensional nonalternative extension of an octonion with one real part and 15 imaginary parts, each a real multiple of a distinct, independent square root of −1.

Synonyms

• hexadecanion

Hypernyms

• hypercomplex number

Derived terms

• sedenionic

Translations

nonassociative, nonalternative extension of an octonion

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 十六元數／十六元数 (shíliù-yuán shù)

• Hungarian: szedénió
• Icelandic: sextándatala f

See also

• quaternion
• octonion
• trigintaduonion

Further reading

• Cayley–Dickson construction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• dienones, nesodine