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Download or read book Introduction to Octonion and Other Non-Associative Algebras in Physics written by Susumu Okubo and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-08-03 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the author aims to familiarize researchers and graduate students in both physics and mathematics with the application of non-associative algebras in physics.Topics covered by the author range from algebras of observables in quantum mechanics, angular momentum and octonions, division algebra, triple-linear products and YangSHBaxter equations. The author also covers non-associative gauge theoretic reformulation of Einstein's general relativity theory and so on. Much of the material found in this book is not available in other standard works.