split-complex number

English

Noun

split-complex number (plural split-complex numbers)

1. (mathematics) An element of the two-dimensional algebra over the field of real numbers which contains an element ȷ ≠ 1 satisfying ȷ² = 1.

Synonyms

• double number
• hyperbolic number
• perplex number

Hypernyms

• hypercomplex number

Translations

element of a two-dimensional algebra over reals