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		OscarCunningham on July 20, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Octonion Math That Could Underpin Physics And why are the real numbers not called "onions"?

kibwen on July 20, 2018 | [–]

Obviously due to potential confusion with the zero-dimensional numbering system, "0nions".

dahart on July 21, 2018 | | [–]

Hehe, well we could have unions & oneions. For some reason as I'm reading about octonions, I keep picturing 8-cloved garlic.

amw on July 20, 2018 | [–]

I went upstairs to find the machine where I was already logged in so I could hunt down and upvote this comment.

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