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Algebra Laws
Double Numbers over the real numbers are a 'field' they have the following properties:
| addition | multipication | |
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| unit element | 0 | 1 |
| commutative | yes | yes |
| associative | yes | yes |
| distributive over addition | - | yes |
| inverse exists | yes | yes |
As an Extension Field to Real Numbers
R[x]/<x²-1>
As a Multiplicative Group
If we ignore addition and treat complex numbers as a group then the group is equivalent to a D(2), it has the following properties:
Cayley Table
The Cayley table is symmetric about its leading diagonal:
| 1 | D | -1 | -i | |
| 1 | 1 | D | -1 | -D |
| i | D | 1 | -D | -1 |
| -1 | -1 | -D | 1 | D |
| -i | -D | -1 | D | 1 |
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Cayley Graph
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Cyclic Notation
The group has two generators each cycling between two elements:
(1,D)(-1,-D)
(1,-1)(D,-D)
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Group Presentation
There is only one generator which when applied n times cycles back to the identity.
<a,b | a²=1,b²=1,ab=ba>
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Group Representation
A representation using 4 ×4 matricies containing 0 and 1 is:
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An alternative 2×2 matrix representation containing 0, 1 and -1 is:
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