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The terminologies "Adjoint" and "Adjugate"
The adjoint of a matrix is also called the adjugate.
However, the word "adjoint" is also used in Linear Algebra for linear transformations, and the "adjoint of a matrix" and "adjoint of a linear map" are very different notions.
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How and by whom was the concept of generalized eigenvectors developed?
In general, a linear operator on a complex vector space need not always have an eigenspace decomposition. But it will always have enough generalized eigenvectors to provide a decomposition of the similar kind ($V=G(\lambda_1, T) \oplus\cdots \oplus…
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Why did Clifford Algebra suddenly gain a resurgence under the name of Geometric Algebra in recent years?
To my understanding, this new Geometric algebra thing is actually nothing more than years old Clifford Algebra. Yet it is advertised by many of its proponents as a fundamentally new thing; why is that?
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Need information about the history of the Hotelling and Bodewig method
I need information about Hotelling and Bodewig, who they were and why they developed this method. anything will help, references to articles, links, or any other information.
Link to the method: http://ads.harvard.edu/books/1990fnmd.book/chapt2.pdf…
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Understanding Grassmann's Approach to Algebras over Vector Spaces?
According to Hermann Grassmann and the creation of linear algebra by Desmond Sander, Grassmann was able to identify all the important notions in linear algebra in his book "Ausdehnungslehre". For him, vector spaces are freely generated by "units"…
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