Hurwitz quaternions

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Hurwitz quaternions are a specific lattice of quaternions with integer and half-integer components that form a maximal order in the quaternion algebra and provide a natural algebraic framework for understanding representations of integers as sums of four squares.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dedekind domain
Euclidean domain
lattice
maximal order
noncommutative ring
principal ideal domain
quaternion order
closedUnder addition
conjugation
multiplication
contains Lipschitz quaternions NERFINISHED
definedOver rational numbers
formsLatticeIn R^4
hasAlternativeName Hurwitz integral quaternions NERFINISHED
Hurwitz order NERFINISHED
hasBasis {(1+i+j+k)/2, i, j, k}
{1, i, j, k}
hasCenter integers
hasComponentType half-integers
integers
hasDiscriminant 2
hasNormForm sum of four squares
hasRankAsZModule 4
hasUniqueFactorizationOfElementsUpToUnits true
hasUniqueFactorizationOfIdeals true
hasUnitGroup binary tetrahedral group NERFINISHED
hasZeroDivisors false
introducedBy Adolf Hurwitz NERFINISHED
isFiniteOver integers
isFreeZModuleOfRank 4
isIntegralDomain false
isLeftEuclidean true
isMaximalOrderIn Hamilton quaternions over Q NERFINISHED
isNoncommutative true
isOrderIn Hamilton quaternion algebra over Q
isRightEuclidean true
isSubsetOf Hamilton quaternions
isSupersetOf Lipschitz quaternions NERFINISHED
normIsMultiplicative true
normMap maps to nonnegative integers
providesFrameworkFor representations of integers as sums of four squares
relatedTo ADE classification
D4 root lattice
unitGroupOrder 24
usedIn arithmetic of quaternion algebras
sphere packings in four dimensions
usedToProve Lagrange four-square theorem
yearIntroducedApprox 1919

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Lagrange's four-square theorem relatedTo Hurwitz quaternions
Adolf Hurwitz knownFor Hurwitz quaternions