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Projective geometry is formulated in the language of geometric algebra, a unified mathematical language based on Clifford algebra. This closes the gap between algebraic and synthetic approaches to projective geometry and facilitates connections with the rest of mathematics.
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This work was partially supported by NSF grant MSM-8645151.
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Hestenes, D., Ziegler, R. Projective geometry with Clifford algebra. Acta Appl Math 23, 25–63 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00046919
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