Quaternions are Non-Mathematical

[talanum1]

They are fixed values, like i is in a complex number but is not the same as i in a complex number.

Fictional values then?

 

[Churchill]

Fictional values then?

Well mathematical abstractions exist, so no, I'd say they are not fictional.

 

[talanum1]

Suppose I tell you there is another number 5 distinct from 5: isn't this fictional?

 

[rosends]

Anyway saying there exists more than one sqrt(-1) such that sqrt(-1) not = sqrt(-1) is stretching the truth, therefore false.

because people have active imaginations, so one person's i may be different from someone else's i.

 

[talanum1]

because people have active imaginations, so one person's i may be different from someone else's i.

Mathematics is supposed to be precise and independent of a particular mind. Therefore one of their i's must be fictional.

 

[rosends]

Mathematics is supposed to be precise and independent of a particular mind. Therefore one of their i's must be fictional.

all imaginary numbers are fictional. Three cheers for fiction!

 

[talanum1]

all imaginary numbers are fictional. Three cheers for fiction!

Not fictional like we cannot believe in it.

 

[talanum1]

Could someone please quote a model that satisfies the axioms of quaternions?