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In mathematics, a tessarine is a hypercomplex number of the form
where
The tessarines are best known for their subalgebra of real tessarines , also called split-complex numbers, which express the parametrization of the unit hyperbola. James Cockle introduced the tessarines in 1848 in a series of articles in Philosophical Magazine. Cockle used tessarines to isolate the hyperbolic cosine series and the hyperbolic sine series in the exponential series. He also showed how zero divisors arise in tessarines, inspiring him to use the term "impossibles."
In 1892 Corrado Segre introduced bicomplex numbers in Mathematische Annalen, which form an algebra equivalent to the tessarines (see section below). As commutative hypercomplex numbers, the tessarine algebra has been advocated by Clyde M. Davenport (1991, 2008) (exchange j and −k in his multiplication table). Davenport has noted the isomorphism with the direct sum of the complex number plane with itself. Tessarines have also been applied in digital signal processing (see Pei (2004) and Alfsmann (2006,7). In 2009 mathematicians in Vermont proved a fundamental theorem of tessarine algebra: a polynomial of degree n with tessarine coefficients has n2 roots, counting multiplicity.
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For tessarine note that since ij = k . The mapping
is a linear representation of the algebra of tessarines as a subalgebra of 2 x 2 complex matrices. For instance, ik = i(ij) = (ii)j = −j in the linear representation is
Note that unlike most matrix algebras, this is a commutative algebra.
In general the tessarines form an algebra of dimension two over the complex numbers with basis {1, j }
Corrado Segre read W. R. Hamilton's Lectures on Quaternions (1853) and the works of William Kingdon Clifford. Segre used some of Hamilton's notation to develop his system of bicomplex numbers: Let h and i be square roots of −1 that commute with each other. Then, presuming associativity of multiplication, the product hi must have +1 for its square. The algebra constructed on the basis {1, h, i, hi} is then nearly the same as James Cockle's tessarines. Segre noted that elements
When bicomplex numbers are considered to have basis {1, h, i, −hi} then there is no difference between them and tessarines. Looking at the linear representation of these isomorphic algebras shows agreement in the fourth dimension when the negative sign is used; just consider the sample product given above under linear representation.
The University of Kansas has contributed to the development of bicomplex analysis. In 1953, a Ph.D. student James D. Riley had his thesis "Contributions to the theory of functions of a bicomplex variable" published in the Tohoku Mathematical Journal (2nd Ser., 5:132–165). Then, in 1991, emeritus professor G. Baley Price published his book on bicomplex numbers, multicomplex numbers, and their function theory. Professor Price also gives some history of the subject in the preface to his book. Another book developing bicomplex numbers and their applications is by Catoni, Bocaletti, Cannata, Nichelatti & Zampetti (2008).
The direct sum of the complex field with itself is denoted . The product of two elements and is in this direct sum algebra.
Proposition: The algebra of tessarines is isomorphic to
proof: Every tessarine has an expression where u and v are complex numbers. Now if is another tessarine, their product is
The isomorphism mapping from tessarines to is given by
In , the product of these images, according to the algebra-product of indicated above, is
This element is also the image of ts under the mapping into Thus the products agree, the mapping is a homomorphism; and since it is bijective, it is an isomorphism.
When w and z are both complex numbers
(a, b, c, d real) then t algebra is isomorphic to conic quaternions , to bases , in the following identification:
They are also isomorphic to "bicomplex numbers" (from multicomplex numbers) to bases if one identifies:
Note that j in bicomplex numbers is identified with the opposite sign as j from above.
When w and z are both quaternions (to bases ), then t algebra is isomorphic to conic octonions; allowing octonions for w and z (to bases ) the resulting algebra is identical to conic sedenions.
A modern approach to tessarines uses the polynomial ring R[X,Y] in two indeterminates X and Y. Consider these three second degree polynomials Let A be the ideal generated by them. Then the quotient ring R[X,Y]/A is isomorphic to the ring of tessarines. In this quotient ring approach, individual tessarines correspond to cosets with respect to the ideal A. Note that can be proven using computations with cosets.
Now consider the alternative ideal B generated by In this case one can prove The ring isomorphism involves a change of basis exchanging The approach to tessarines by James Cockle resembles the use of ideal A, while Corrado Segre's bicomplex numbers correspond to the use of ideal B.
Alternatively, suppose the field C of ordinary complex numbers is presumed given, and C[X] is the ring of polynomials in X with complex coefficients. Then the quotient is another presentation of bicomplex numbers.
Tessarines with w and z complex numbers form a commutative and associative quaternionic ring (whereas quaternions are not commutative). They allow for powers, roots, and logarithms of , which is a non-real root of 1 (see conic quaternions for examples and references). They do not form a field because the idempotents
have determinant / modulus 0 and therefore cannot be inverted multiplicatively. In addition, the arithmetic contains zero divisors
In contrast, the quaternions form a skew field without zero-divisors, and can also be represented in 2×2 matrix form.
Write and represent elements of it by ordered pairs (u,v) of complex numbers. Since the algebra of tessarines T is isomorphic to , the rings of polynomials T[X] and [X] are also isomorphic, however polynomials in the latter algebra split:
In consequence, when a polynomial equation in this algebra is set, it reduces to two polynomial equations on C. If the degree is n, then there are n roots for each equation: Any ordered pair from this set of roots will satisfy the original equation in 2C[X], so it has n2 roots. Due to the isomorphism with T[X], there is a correspondence of polynomials and a correspondence of their roots. Hence the tessarine polynomials of degree n also have n2 roots, counting multiplicity of roots.
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