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Hurwitz-Radon matrices revisited: From effective solution of the Hurwitz matrix equations to Bott periodicity

CRM Proceedings and Lecture Notes 6 (1994), 23–35

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(2006). Hurwitz-Radon matrices revisited: From effective solution of the Hurwitz matrix equations to Bott periodicity. In: Mathematical Survey Lectures 1943–2004. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-33791-1_12

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