Miniquaternion Geometry: An Introduction to the Study of Projective Planes

by T.G. Room, P.B. Kirkpatrick, P. B. Kirkpatrick

This tract provides an introduction to four finite geometrical systems and to the theory of projective planes. Of the four geometries, one is based on a nine-element field and the other three can be constructed from the nine-element 'miniquaternion algebra', a simple system which has many though not all the properties of a field. The three systems based on the miniquaternion algebra have widely differing properties; none of them has the homogeneity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521090644
• ISBN13: 9780521090643
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"