The birth of Hermann Grassmann's exterior algebra initiated by the ideas of his father Justus Grassmann -- from the reformation of math education for the poor to the synthesis of the unequal (Q2866685)

The contents of the paper constitute a revised version of a lecture held on July 18, 2011 at the 9th international conference on Clifford algebras and their applications in mathematical physics in Weimar, Germany. An earlier version was published under the title: ``The birth of Grassmann's exterior algebra -- from the synthesis of the equal to the synthesis of the unequal'' [in: K. Gürlebeck (ed.), Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Clifford algebras and their applications in mathematical physics, ICCA9, Weimar, Germany, July 15--20 (2011)].NEWLINENEWLINE There is a lot of material gathered here; in addition, there are 76 references to the literature. So just read it and enhance your knowledge about the subjects!