In mathematics, the exterior algebra or Grassmann algebra of a vector space V {\displaystyle V} is an associative algebra that contains V , {\displaystyle...
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Hermann Günther Grassmann (German: Graßmann, pronounced [ˈhɛɐman ˈɡʏntʰɐ ˈɡʁasman]; 15 April 1809 – 26 September 1877) was a German polymath known in...
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physics, a Grassmann number, named after Hermann Grassmann (also called an anticommuting number or supernumber), is an element of the exterior algebra of a...
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Clifford algebra and its product as a unification of the Grassmann algebra and Hamilton's quaternion algebra. Adding the dual of the Grassmann exterior...
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In mathematics, a Grassmann–Cayley algebra is the exterior algebra with an additional product, which may be called the shuffle product or the regressive...
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Any commutative algebra is a supercommutative algebra if given the trivial gradation (i.e. all elements are even). Grassmann algebras (also known as exterior...
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manipulation is carried out using exterior algebra. Following Grassmann, developments in multilinear algebra were made by Victor Schlegel in 1872 with...
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Superspace (redirect from Grassmann dimensions)
subtle structure than the Grassmann numbers. So, the Grassmann numbers are elements of the exterior algebra, and the Clifford algebra has an isomorphism to...
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Hermann Grassmann: Grassmann's laws Grassmann algebra Grassmann bundle Grassmann dimensions Grassmann graph Grassmann integral Grassmann number Grassmann variables...
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spatial Fourier transform of the Dirac field as a new basis for the Grassmann algebra, the quadratic part of the Dirac action becomes simple to invert:...
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1844 Hermann Grassmann published his "Theory of Extension" which included foundational new topics of what is today called linear algebra. In 1848, James...
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Grassmannian (redirect from Grassmann manifold)
V ) {\displaystyle \mathbf {Gr} _{k}(V)} (named in honour of Hermann Grassmann) is a differentiable manifold that parameterizes the set of all k {\displaystyle...
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Super vector space (redirect from Super linear algebra)
supercommutative algebra (or ring). A common construction when working with super vector spaces is to enlarge the field of scalars to a supercommutative Grassmann algebra...
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Lie superalgebra (redirect from Super Lie algebra)
Gerstenhaber algebra Anyonic Lie algebra Grassmann algebra Representation of a Lie superalgebra Superspace Supergroup Universal enveloping algebra See Deligne's...
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père et fils Grassmann, Hermann (1844), Die Lineale Ausdehnungslehre - Ein neuer Zweig der Mathematik (in German), reprint: Hermann Grassmann. Translated...
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Berezin integral (redirect from Grassmann integral)
Grassmann integral, after Hermann Grassmann), is a way to define integration for functions of Grassmann variables (elements of the exterior algebra)...
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In mathematics, the tensor algebra of a vector space V, denoted T(V) or T•(V), is the algebra of tensors on V (of any rank) with multiplication being the...
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cohomology Multilinear algebra an extension of linear algebra building upon concepts of p-vectors and multivectors with Grassmann algebra. Multiplicative number...
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Schönberg's papers of 1956 and 1957 as described in section "The Grassmann–Schönberg algebra Gn" of Bolivar 2001 See for ex. Oziewicz & Sitarczyk 1992 Clifford...
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Plücker embedding (redirect from Grassmann coordinates)
space). The image of that embedding is the Klein quadric in RP5. Hermann Grassmann generalized Plücker's embedding to arbitrary k and n. The homogeneous...
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power distributions can be algebraically related to one another in a color matching context. Discovered by Hermann Grassmann these "laws" are actually...
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was published in 2016 and is now known for its unique treatment of Grassmann algebra. The second volume, covering a wide range of rendering topics, was...
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be called Grassmann variables or Grassmann directions; they are generators of the exterior algebra of anti-commuting numbers, the Grassmann numbers. All...
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Supermatrix (category Super linear algebra)
examples are those with entries in a commutative superalgebra (such as a Grassmann algebra) or an ordinary field (thought of as a purely even commutative superalgebra)...
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Tensor (intrinsic definition) (redirect from Tensor (abstract algebra))
for manipulations of tensors arise as an extension of linear algebra to multilinear algebra. In differential geometry, an intrinsic[definition needed] geometric...
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^{\bullet }(\xi _{1},\dots \xi _{q})} , where the latter is a Grassmann (Exterior) algebra on q generators. A supermanifold M of dimension (1,1) is sometimes...
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space Lagrangian Grassmannian Grassmann algebra, or exterior algebra, a setting where the exterior product is defined. Grassmann number, a construction for...
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quaternions (due to Hamilton), Grassmann's Ausdehnungslehre, and Boole's algebra of logic. Whitehead wrote in his book: "Such algebras have an intrinsic value...
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Imaginary unit (category Algebraic numbers)
root for every nonconstant polynomial exists (see Algebraic closure and Fundamental theorem of algebra). Here, the term "imaginary" is used because there...
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William Kingdon Clifford (section Algebras)
on the work of Hermann Grassmann, he introduced what is now termed geometric algebra, a special case of the Clifford algebra named in his honour. The...
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