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Complex quaternions, their connection to twistor theory

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The projective space of complex quaternions is defined as a basic example of a new type of complex-quaternionic manifolds. It is shown that this manifold has a quite nonstandard topology and the relevance of it to the twistor correspondence is discussed.

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  1. Institute of Mathematics, Charles University, Sokolovská 83, 180 00, Praha 8, Czechoslovakia

    Vl. Souček

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Souček, V. Complex quaternions, their connection to twistor theory. Czech J Phys 32, 688–691 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01596718

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