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  2. Bivector - Wikipedia

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    A description of the projective geometry can be constructed in the geometric algebra using basic operations. For example, given two distinct points in RP n−1 represented by vectors a and b the line containing them is given by a ∧ b (or b ∧ a). Two lines intersect in a point if A ∧ B = 0 for their bivectors A and B. This point is given ...

  3. Bivector (complex) - Wikipedia

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    Now (hr 2) 2 = (−1)(−1) = +1, and the biquaternion curve {exp θ(hr 2) : θ ∈ R} is a unit hyperbola in the plane {x + yr 2 : x, y ∈ R}. The spacetime transformations in the Lorentz group that lead to FitzGerald contractions and time dilation depend on a hyperbolic angle parameter. In the words of Ronald Shaw, "Bivectors are logarithms ...

  4. Exponential map (Riemannian geometry) - Wikipedia

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    The exponential map of the Earth as viewed from the north pole is the polar azimuthal equidistant projection in cartography. In Riemannian geometry, an exponential map is a map from a subset of a tangent space T p M of a Riemannian manifold (or pseudo-Riemannian manifold) M to M itself. The (pseudo) Riemannian metric determines a canonical ...

  5. Biorthogonal system - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a biorthogonal system is a pair of indexed families of vectors ~ ~ such that ~, ~ =,, where and form a pair of topological vector spaces that are in duality, , is a bilinear mapping and , is the Kronecker delta.

  6. Universal geometric algebra - Wikipedia

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    Some r-vectors are scalars (r = 0), vectors (r = 1) and bivectors (r = 2). One may generate a finite-dimensional GA by choosing a unit pseudoscalar (I). The set of all vectors that satisfy = is a vector space. The geometric product of the vectors in this vector space then defines the GA, of which I is a member.

  7. One-form (differential geometry) - Wikipedia

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    The differential assigns to each point a linear map from the tangent space to the real numbers. In this case, each tangent space is naturally identifiable with the real number line, and the linear map R → R {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} \to \mathbb {R} } in question is given by scaling by f ′ ( x 0 ) . {\displaystyle f'(x_{0}).}

  8. Riemannian connection on a surface - Wikipedia

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    The tangent vectors e 1 and e 2 of a frame on M define smooth functions from E with values in R 3, so each gives a 3-vector of functions and in particular de 1 is a 3-vector of 1-forms on E. The connection form is given by

  9. Bipolar coordinates - Wikipedia

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    The equations for x and y can be combined to give + = ⁡ (+) [2] [3] or + = ⁡ (). This equation shows that σ and τ are the real and imaginary parts of an analytic function of x+iy (with logarithmic branch points at the foci), which in turn proves (by appeal to the general theory of conformal mapping) (the Cauchy-Riemann equations) that these particular curves of σ and τ intersect at ...