Re: Geometric Algebra (was Re: Intro to Differential Forms)

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@HEP.ANL.GOV>]

Differential forms provide an algebraic way to deal with antisymmetric
tensor operators.  I am currently reading a delightfully lucid exposition
<The Geometry of Physics>(2001 revision) by Theodore Frankel (Cambridge).
Briefly stated, the mathematics of differential forms includes Clifford
algebras (see Section 19.2 of Frankel).  For a quick intro to Clifford
Algebras, look under GA on my website:
http://www.hep.anl.gov/jlu/index.html.

On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, Larry Smith wrote:

> At 4:08 PM -0500 11/20/03, Bob Sciamanda wrote:
> > FYI: I have run across a lucid exposition:
> >
> > "Differential forms as a basis for vector analysis - with applications to
> > electrodynamics", AJP, 51 (12), December 1983, pg 1139.
>
> I ask again: aren't these differential forms isomorphic to geometric (or
> Clifford) algebra?  Sure looks a lot like it.
>
> Larry

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