I somewhat agree. There is already the term k-tensor, and the wedge product of k-vectors is essentially like a k-tensor (strictly speaking Lambda^k V is a quotient of \otimes^V ). Victor On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Fred lunnon <fred.lunnon@gmail.com> wrote:
Indeed, the point I had made at the GA site was that the Clifford / Grassmann algebra usage should be deprecated, partly on these grounds. But now I'm beginning to wonder if said ambiguity resulted only from my confusing "k-vector" with "k-tuple", etc?
WFL
On 3/14/10, Victor Miller <victorsmiller@gmail.com> wrote:
Good reference, but that points out an ambiguity. The wikipedia article in question uses k-vector for the wedge product of k vectors of any fixed dimension. Fred uses it for a vector in a vector space of dimension k. I think that both terms are in use.
Victor
On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Mike Stay <metaweta@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 9:56 AM, <mcintosh@servidor.unam.mx> wrote: >> Quoting Fred lunnon <fred.lunnon@gmail.com>: >>> >>> Can anybody clarify the situation --- or better still, provide >>> some relevant citations? >> >> The phrase is commkon enough, but I don't have a reference handy. >> >> -hvm > > How about wikipedia? > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multivector > >> >> ------------------------------------------------- >> www.correo.unam.mx >> UNAMonos Comunicándonos >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> math-fun mailing list >> math-fun@mailman.xmission.com >> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun >> > > > > -- > Mike Stay - metaweta@gmail.com > http://math.ucr.edu/~mike > http://reperiendi.wordpress.com > > _______________________________________________ > math-fun mailing list > math-fun@mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun >
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