23 Mar
2011
23 Mar
'11
2:14 a.m.
Urggghhh .... schemes ... one more thing I've given up hope of ever understanding. Maybe I'm going to have to change that acronym --- wouldn't want anybody confusing the two! WFL On 3/23/11, James Buddenhagen <jbuddenh@gmail.com> wrote:
Hmm. EGA makes me think of Grothendieck. see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89l%C3%A9ments_de_g%C3%A9om%C3%A9trie_alg%C...
On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Fred lunnon <fred.lunnon@gmail.com> wrote:
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The appropriate algebra is Cl(m-1,0,1), with vectors representing (reflections in) hyperplanes: it's time this had a name, and I propose calling it "EGA" in future.
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