In abstract algebra , an alternative algebra is an algebra in which multiplication need not be associative only alternative . That is, one must have
for all x and y in the algebra. Every associative algebra is obviously alternative, but so too are some strictly nonassociative algebras such as the octonions . The sedenions , on the other hand, are not alternative.
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