2 papers
quant-ph2026
A Minimal Bicomplex Extension of the Complex Scalar Algebra of Quantum Mechanics with an Ideal-Valued Sector
Ralf Otte
Standard quantum mechanics takes the complex numbers as its scalar algebra. We ask whether this complex structure is algebraically fundamental or may instead form a distinguished e…
cs.AI2024
On a heuristic approach to the description of consciousness as a hypercomplex system state and the possibility of machine consciousness (German edition)
Ralf Otte
This article presents a heuristic view that shows that the inner states of consciousness experienced by every human being have a physical but imaginary hypercomplex basis. The hype…