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Main Author: Gazeau, Jean-Pierre
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.22134
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  • We present a compact mnemonic device for computing the product of two (split) octonions written in Cayley--Dickson form q+l p with q,p in H. The rule appears as a simple (R+L) pattern of right-ordered and left-ordered (quaternionic) products inside a 2X2 quaternionic matrix model. The pattern extends verbatim to all algebras in the Cayley--Dickson tower, providing an efficient computational tool in non-associative settings. To our knowledge, this explicit ``(R+L)'' mnemonic does not appear in the classical literature on octonions or composition algebras.