Category Archives: Linear Algebra

Exterior algebra

Geometric algebra was not born in an ivory tower; it grew out of three very human lives, each marked by faith, doubt, and an almost mystical hunger for structure. ​ The quiet mystic: Grassmann Hermann Grassmann was a provincial schoolteacher, … Continue reading

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Kronecker generalized deltas and Levi-Civita epsilons

My last post “It’s all about permutations” was a complete failure. Really very bad. I copied, without much thinking, some formulas from “Mathematical Handbook For Scientists And Engineers“, Granino A. Korn and Theresa M. Korn, Dover 2000, and it was … Continue reading

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It’s all about permutations

Permutations appear whenever “things are the same, but in a different order.” That simple idea hides a powerful engine that underlies physics, geometry, information, and even the notion of identity itself. In quantum mechanics, identical particles do not carry little … Continue reading

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