Skew analysis over quaternions. I

We introduce a class of rings using which we define the concept of skew regularity for quaternion-valued functions over quaternions. It is shown that the notion of skew regularity coincides with the concept of slice regularity over symmetric slice domains. Known results regarding slice-regular functions over symmetric slice domains are generalized to skew-regular functions over general symmetric domains. Furthermore, we present new results concerning slice-regular functions.