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Title:	Vectors and Beyond: Geometric Algebra and its Philosophical Significance
Author:	SIMONS, PETER
Author's Homepage:	http://people.tcd.ie/psimons
Keywords:	philosophy of mathematics geometric algebra vectors Clifford, William Kingdon
Issue Date:	2009
Citation:	Peter Simons, Vectors and Beyond: Geometric Algebra and its Philosophical Significance, dialectica, 63, 4, 2009, 381 - 395
Series/Report no.:	dialectica; 63; 4;
Abstract:	An account of the history and recent revival of geometric algebra (first invented in the 19th century but later sidelined by vector theory), together with reflections on its importance for the philosophy of mathematics.
Description:	PUBLISHED
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2262/61825
Related links:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-8361.2009.01214.x
Appears in Collections:	Philosophy (Scholarly Publications)

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