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I am working my way through Understanding Geometric Algebra by Kenichi Kanatani up to the Grassmann Algebra chapter, so I can then pick up John Browne's Grassma
by eggy 8y ago
I am working my way through Understanding Geometric Algebra by Kenichi Kanatani up to the Grassmann Algebra chapter, so I can then pick up John Browne's Grassmann Algebra Volume 1 Foundations.
Kenichi's book works from basic vector calculus, Hamilton, Grassmann and Clifford. Grassmann was not even a mathematician by trade, but a school teacher and a linguist. He translated the Rig Veda. His big mathematical work did not get the attention when written as it did posthumously. I know things with cool names like differntial forms and fiber bundle space [1]. I'm becoming quite the Grassmann fanboy!
I am thinking if I can learn these algebras (Grassmann, Clifford, etc...) I will be able to deal with more abstract thinking in geometry and handle it more concisely and logically. Almost like when I use J programming language for math! [2]
I think Quarternions don't hold after 3 dimensions, so what about Octonions?
[1] https://galileospendulum.org/2012/04/26/everything-is-geometrical-hermann-grassmanns-algebra/
[2] jsoftware.com