Clifford algebra
English
editEtymology
editNamed after William Kingdon Clifford (1845–1879), an English mathematician and philosopher.
Noun
editClifford algebra (plural Clifford algebras)
- (algebra, mathematical physics) A unital associative algebra which generalizes the algebra of quaternions but which is not necessarily a division algebra; it is generated by a set of (with i ranging from, say, 1 to n) such that the square of each is fixed to be either +1 or −1, depending on each i, and such that any product anticommutes when its factors are distinct (i.e., when ).
Hypernyms
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editunital associative algebra which generalizes the algebra of quaternions
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