Differential geometry, geometric algebra etc

November 27, 2014 — September 19, 2023

algebra
functional analysis
geometry

🏗 A pragmatic guide to manifold wrangling.

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Key words: Clifford algebra, differential forms… Bollu’s Handy list of differential geometry definitions.

See information geometry.

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1 Differential forms formalism

2 Clifford Algebra formalism

Hestenes’ school.

  • Cavendish Laboratory’s introduction

  • Reforming the Mathematical Language of Physics

    The connection between physics teaching and research at its deepest level can be illuminated by Physics Education Research (PER). For students and scientists alike, what they know and learn about physics is profoundly shaped by the conceptual tools at their command. Physicists employ a miscellaneous assortment of mathematical tools in ways that contribute to a fragmentation of knowledge. We can do better! Research on the design and use of mathematical systems provides a guide for designing a unified mathematical language for the whole of physics that facilitates learning and enhances physical insight. This has produced a comprehensive language called Geometric Algebra, which I introduce with emphasis on how it simplifies and integrates classical and quantum physics. Introducing research-based reform into a conservative physics curriculum is a challenge for the emerging PER community. Join the fun!

  • Old Wine in New Bottles: A New Algebraic Framework for Computational Geometry

    My purpose in this chapter is to introduce you to a powerful new algebraic model for Euclidean space with all sorts of applications to computer-aided geometry, robotics, computer vision and the like. A detailed description and analysis of the model is soon to be published elsewhere [1], so I can concentrate on highlights here, although with a slightly different formulation that I find more convenient for applications. Also, I can assume that this audience is familiar with Geometric Algebra, so we can proceed rapidly without belaboring the basics.

  • Hestenes’ most infamous bit of rhetoric

  • Stack Exchange arguments.

Handy texts:

Tristan Needham, Visual Differential Geometry and Forms: A Mathematical Drama in Five Acts (Needham 2021).

Alan Bromborsky, An Introduction to Geometric Algebra and Calculus.

Alan Macdonald, Geometric Algebra:

Geometric algebra and its extension to geometric calculus unify, simplify, and generalize vast areas of mathematics that involve geometric ideas, including linear algebra, multivariable calculus, real analysis, complex analysis, and Euclidean, non-Euclidean, and projective geometry. They provide a unified mathematical language for physics (classical and quantum mechanics, electrodynamics, relativity), the geometrical aspects of computer science (e.g., graphics, robotics, computer vision), and engineering.

3 Tooling

Computer algebra system Cadabra supports Exterior derivatives.

4 References

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Bowen, and Wang. 2006. Introduction to Vectors and Tensors, Vol 2: Vector and Tensor Analysis.
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Warnick, Karl F., Selfridge, and Arnold. 1995. “Electromagnetic Boundary Conditions and Differential Forms.” IEE Proceedings-Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation.
———. 1996. “Electromagnetics Made Easy: Differential Forms as a Teaching Tool.” In 2013 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE).
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Weintraub. 2014. Differential Forms, Second Edition: Theory and Practice.