Alexander McAulay (9 November 1863 - 5 July 1931) was a mathematician and physicist who was the first professor of mathematics and physics at the University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia. He was also a proponent of dual quaternions, which he termed "octonions" or "Clifford biquaternions".

Life

McAulay was born on 9 November 1863 and attended Kingswood School in

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