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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. Bipartite graph - Wikipedia

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    When modelling relations between two different classes of objects, bipartite graphs very often arise naturally. For instance, a graph of football players and clubs, with an edge between a player and a club if the player has played for that club, is a natural example of an affiliation network, a type of bipartite graph used in social network analysis.

  4. Metric signature - Wikipedia

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    The signature of a metric tensor is defined as the signature of the corresponding quadratic form. [2] It is the number (v, p, r) of positive, negative and zero eigenvalues of any matrix (i.e. in any basis for the underlying vector space) representing the form, counted with their algebraic multiplicities.

  5. Bilinear form - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a bilinear form is a bilinear map V × V → K on a vector space V (the elements of which are called vectors) over a field K (the elements of which are called scalars). In other words, a bilinear form is a function B : V × V → K that is linear in each argument separately: B(u + v, w) = B(u, w) + B(v, w) and B(λu, v) = λB(u, v)

  6. 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}).}

  7. Covariance and contravariance of vectors - Wikipedia

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    It lives in the dual vector space, and represents a linear map from vectors to scalars. The dot product operator involving vectors is a good example of a covector. To illustrate, assume we have a covector defined as , where is a vector.

  8. Geometric algebra - Wikipedia

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    As an example, the geometric product of two vectors = + = + since = and = and ⁠ = ⁠, for other than and ⁠ ⁠. A multivector A {\displaystyle A} may also be decomposed into even and odd components, which may respectively be expressed as the sum of the even and the sum of the odd grade components above:

  9. Bilinear map - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a bilinear map is a function combining elements of two vector spaces to yield an element of a third vector space, and is linear in each of its arguments. Matrix multiplication is an example. A bilinear map can also be defined for modules. For that, see the article pairing.