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Dual ​

The Poincaré dual !x!x in algebra: each blade of xx replaced by the blade on the generators it does not contain, signed so b∧!b=Ib \wedge {!b} = I.

Dual(x, algebra)!x!x, the Poincaré dual of xx in algebra
Typed signatures
TypePackageApplies
(number, clifford_algebra) -> numbergeometricalways

Domain: Geometric algebra

Examples

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The dual of a vector in 3D is the bivector on the other two generators

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InDual(e1,CliffordAlgebra(3,0))\mathrm{Dual}(e_1, \mathrm{CliffordAlgebra}(3, 0))Oute2e3e_2e_3
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InDual(e1e2,CliffordAlgebra(3,0))\mathrm{Dual}(e_1e_2, \mathrm{CliffordAlgebra}(3, 0))Oute3e_3
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See also: Pseudoscalar