Doing Euclidean plane geometry using projective geometric algebra

DOI10.1007/S00006-016-0731-5MaRDI QIDQ2361382zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Charles Gunn

Publication date 30 June 2017

Published in Advances in Applied Clifford Algebras (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.06511

zbMATH Keywords

degenerate signatureEuclidean geometrygeometric algebraisometryorthogonal projectionplane geometryprojective geometric algebrasandwich operator

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exterior algebra, Grassmann algebras (15A75) Euclidean geometries (general) and generalizations (51M05)

Abstract: The article presents a new approach to euclidean plane geometry based on projective geometric algebra (PGA). It is designed for anyone with an interest in plane geometry, or who wishes to familiarize themselves with PGA. After a brief review of PGA, the article focuses on $mathbfP(mathbb{R}_{2,0,1}^{\ast })$, the PGA for euclidean plane geometry. It first explores the geometric product involving pairs and triples of basic elements (points and lines), establishing a wealth of fundamental metric and non-metric properties. It then applies the algebra to a variety of familiar topics in plane euclidean geometry and shows that it compares favorably with other approaches in regard to completeness, compactness, practicality, and elegance. The seamless integration of euclidean and ideal (aka infinite) elements forms an essential and novel feature of the treatment. Numerous figures accompany the text. For readers with the requisite mathematical background, a self-contained coordinate-free introduction to the algebra is provided in an appendix.

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