Zeros of regular functions of quaternionic and octonionic variable: A division lemma and the camshaft effect

Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 539-551

  Ghiloni, R ^a   Perotti, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functions of a hypercomplex variable; Fundamental theorem of algebra; Octonions; Quaternions

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051670116     PISSN: 03733114     EISSN: 16181891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10231-010-0162-1     Document Type: Article

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