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The Case Against Geometric Algebra (opens in new tab)

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Every once in a while the internet gets talking about Geometric Algebra (henceforth GA) and how it’s a new theory of math that fixes everything that’s wrong with linear algebra and multivariable calculus. When I come across this stance I am compelled to respond with something like: “wait wait, it’s not true! GA is clearly onto something but there’s also a lot wrong with it. What you probably want is just the concepts of multivectors and the wedge product!” Which is not very effective, because...

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