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Direct Construction of Grassmann, Clifford and Geometric Algebras

Algebraic Geometry 2010-11-17 v1

Abstract

This is a simple way rigorously to construct Grassmann, Clifford and Geometric Algebras, allowing degenerate bilinear forms, infinite dimension, using fields or certain modules (characteristic 2 with limitation) - and characterize the algebras in a coordinate free form. The construction is done in an orthogonal basis, and the algebras characterized by universality. The basic properties with short proofs provides a clear foundation for further development of the algebras.

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@article{arxiv.1011.3698,
  title  = {Direct Construction of Grassmann, Clifford and Geometric Algebras},
  author = {Allan Cortzen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.3698},
  year   = {2010}
}