Quaternion, in algebra, a generalization of two-dimensional complex numbers to three dimensions.
The computer stored numbers to an accuracy of six decimal places, like 0.506127, while, to save space, the printout of results shortened the numbers to three decimal places, 0.506.
Peirce, who was an influential proponent of Sir William Hamilton's ideas, did more than anyone else to develop interest in quaternions (Hamilton's generalization of complex numbers to three dimensions) in the United States.
The article attributes America's great numbers to three main factors.
At the second visit, at the end of this baseline period, the patients still fulfilling the inclusion criteria were randomly assigned (using a computer-generated random number sequence), in equal numbers, to three different treatment groups [24].
Ji arranged with the Czerkases to assign accession numbers to three of the most valuable specimens, thus formally adding them to the collection of Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences in Beijing, although they remain in the possession of the Czerkases.
