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Subgroups of the general linear group over the skew field of quaternions are described which include the symplectic group over some subfield of this skew field.
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Bashkirov, E.L. On Subgroups of the General Linear Group over the Skew Field of Quaternions Which Include the Symplectic Group. Siberian Mathematical Journal 44, 225–234 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022972501855
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