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Octonion
by SmokeyVW

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Submitted on: Aug 08, 2008 - 06:36:01 PM
Last Updated: Oct 05 2008 - 06:54:56 PM

Description album: Perdita
track 1: 2:03 When Darkness Long Has Veiled My Mind
track 2: 6:36 Y
track 3: 4:36 Unrecovered Memories
track 4: 3:01 Miracles
track 5: 2:16 Octonion
track 6: 6:39 Headlong Morosely
track 7: 2:37 Piano As Percussion
track 8: 7:20 Great Maker
track 9: 3:28 Braided Rose
track 10: 5:19 Bygones
track 11: 4:34 Unfettered
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Happy Octonion Day

8/8/8

In mathematics, the octonions are a nonassociative extension of the quaternions. Their 8-dimensional normed division algebra over the real numbers is the widest possible that can be obtained from the Cayley-Dickson construction. The octonion algebra is often denoted O.

Possibly because they don't offer an associative multiplication, the octonions receive at times less attention than the quaternions. Despite this lack of popularity, they are related to a number of exceptional structures in mathematics, among them the exceptional Lie groups. Additionally, octonions have applications in fields such as string theory, special relativity, and quantum logic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octonion

suggested reading:

Why Beauty Is Truth: A History of Symmetry by Ian Stewart

The Eight by Katherine Neville

"...the octonions are the crazy old uncle nobody lets out of the attic..." -- John Baez

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	magnatone said 152 days ago
	Octonion well smokey, I have NO idea what you said in that song description, but I know you're a total math head who's also an amazing music head. (And I know for SOME people, those go together - alas, not moi!) This is a VERY cool production. Love how the high piano tune comes in there and makes itself known. Your build is really elegant - you are just so talented - thanks!

	EZamor said 152 days ago
	Octonion very lovely! but...this gentle piece sounds fairly pastoral to me. the furthest thing from my mind was mathematics. or chess, for that matter. is the blurb in the description meant to be ironic? ;)

	egobandit said 152 days ago
	LOve this I must tell you though I dont love raw onions cooked yes but raw no . The more contemplative piano section struck a note with me in a good way thanks for sharing

	Roxylee said 152 days ago
	8/8/8 It must be so cool to think in numbers, seeing the patterns in everything. I love this little number. It is pretty and interesting and arranged so well that it sounds. well, perfect. :-)

	guitapick said 152 days ago
	I was once... ...in an extremely altered state and this friend of mine, who was at college on a full scholarship for physics, explained why our live actually DO shorten as time passes. Physically. He was a genius (hope he still is). This reminds me of that conversation....

	E-Frame Wrecker said 152 days ago
	Nice tune I'm guessing all done in GB. Sounds great. Great technique of build up and very elegant way to wrap it up. I enjoyed the math trivia as well. Reminds me of grad school...

	Char said 152 days ago
	This is only an eigth as long as I would like it to be. I found the melody and soun compelling and I eight it up. Thanks. More, please?

	Char said 152 days ago
	Sorry about the typos. Just when I think I'm being clever, I click submit before I check my work. Anyway, I got to listen again, and for that alone, coming back was well worth it.

	lavalamp said 152 days ago
	Nice sound Very well done. And hope you had a happy 8-8-8. Dave

	peacepiano said 152 days ago
	Eights Lots of eights in this tune :) They produce and interesting progression. Nice work on the mixing rounds out the piece. Thanks Bill

	Feter said 152 days ago
	Octonion this is justy amazing ..loved your strcuture for this theme ..very deep ..I love that ...thnx alot for sharin ~!!!

	michael2 said 151 days ago
	nice bill love how it starts with that eastern sounding section and turns into the piano before we get back to the main theme. i really wish that it was longer. i also wish i was more gifted at math; statistics for research is about as deep as I get. really beautiful piece of music.

	announcer said 151 days ago
	8 Peaceful, canorous, sonorous, euphonic, resonant, suitable, pleasing, gracious.

	said 147 days ago
	I LOVE THIS!!!! : ) You are so amazing Bill!!! : ) You are the only one who has ever made mathematics beautiful to me. Where were you when I was trying to make sense of it all - oh, yeah - College or bust in the Blue VW. : ) If you'd taught Algebra, I'll bet it would have made a lot more sense to me. There would have been music, and class would have been way more fun. : )

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