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hypercomplex number  

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  • In mathematics, hypercomplex number is a traditional term for an element of a finite-dimensional unital algebra over the field of real numbers. The study of hypercomplex numbers in the late 19th century forms the basis of modern group representation theory.
    (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercomplex_number)

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