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Composition algebras and their automorphisms

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This research was supported in part by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research under contract AF 49 (638) 110.

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Jacobson, N. Composition algebras and their automorphisms. Rend. Circ. Mat. Palermo 7, 55–80 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02854388

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