Abstract
Summary There is a simple combinatorial anomaly, making possible some special linear algebra and thereby some special geometry, that occurs only in dimensions 1, 2, 4, and 8. The consequences are wide ranging and in particular lead to the existence of the complex numbers, the quaternions and the octonions. This article explains why the anomaly exists only in these dimensions using elementary linear algebra.
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