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(Article II.5.) What is “Geometric Algebra”, and what has it been in Historiography?

In: Selected Essays on Pre- and Early Modern Mathematical Practice

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  • Jens Høyrup

    (Roskilde University, Section for Philosophy and Science Studies)

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Much ink has been spilled these last 50 years over the notion (or whatever it is) of “geometric algebra” – sometimes in disputes so hot that one would believe it to be blood. However, nobody has seemed too interested in analyzing whether others have used the words in the same way as he has himself (he, indeed – as a feminist might declare, “all males, of course”). So, I shall try to analyze what concepts or notions have been referred to by the two words – if any.

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  • Jens Høyrup, 2019. "(Article II.5.) What is “Geometric Algebra”, and what has it been in Historiography?," Springer Books, in: Selected Essays on Pre- and Early Modern Mathematical Practice, chapter 0, pages 591-631, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-19258-7_22
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-19258-7_22
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