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The assumption that the square of a unit vector is positive unity leads to an algebra whose characteristic quantities are non-associative.

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• The assumption that the square of a unit vector is positive unity leads to an algebra whose characteristic quantities are non-associative.

  

  Cargill Gilston Knott
  • Unity
  • Assumption
  • Characteristics