Grassmann algebra

In generalized geometric algebras {Grassmann algebra}, the basis elements are the unit-magnitude dimensions, which can be any number and can be non-orthogonal. Elements are dimension linear combinations and have grade, magnitude, direction, and direction sense.

Operations are reflections. Elements add to make a new element. Elements multiply to make an element of one higher dimension (wedge product) {Grassmann product, algebra}. Parallel vectors are commutative. Perpendicular vectors are anti-commutative. Elements are associative for addition and multiplication. Grassmann algebra [1844 and 1862] is Clifford algebra in which two successive reflections cancel, rather than making rotation, and so there are no rotations and no need for metric or perpendicularity.

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