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Is it possible to "get" quaternions without specifically postulating them?

Quaternions—in the sense of objects that obey the relations of the quaternion group—arise automatically in Lie Theory. … However, this is the first place that it is likely to be evident that the introduction of objects that obey the defining relations for quaternions is necessary. …
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