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Octonions form a 8-dimensional normed division algebra constructed over the reals. They can be seen as a non-associative (alternative) extension of the quaternions. They have been first defined and studied in the 19th century by John Graves and Arthur Cayley. There are several variants (such as split-octonions) and strong relations with Lie Groups and projective geometry.
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Why is the automorphism group of the octonions $G_2$ instead of $SO(7)$
I can calculate the derivation of the octonions and I clearly find the 14 generators that form the algebra of $G_2$. … Is it related to the non-associative property of the octonions? …