"Cayley-Dickson construction" meaning in English

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Etymology: Named after Arthur Cayley and Leonard Eugene Dickson. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Cayley-Dickson construction
  1. (mathematics) A construction that produces a sequence of Cayley-Dickson algebras: algebras over the field of real numbers, each with twice the dimension of the previous one. Wikipedia link: Cayley-Dickson construction Categories (topical): Mathematics
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