Classical Elements of A Quaternion
Hamilton defined a quaternion as the quotient of two directed lines in tridimensional space; or, more generally, as the quotient of two vectors.
A quaternion can be represented as the sum of a scalar and a vector. It can also be represented as the product of its tensor and its versor.
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