Whitney algebras and Grassmann's regressive products

DOI10.1007/S00022-011-0081-3MaRDI QIDQ408949zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Francesco Regonati, Andrea Brini

Publication date 12 April 2012

Published in Journal of Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.2964

zbMATH Keywords

Hodge star operatorHopf algebramatroidexterior algebramodular latticealternating multilinear formbracketCayley-Grassmann algebraletterplace algebraPeano spacepolarization operatorstraightening lawWhitney algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vector and tensor algebra, theory of invariants (15A72) Combinatorial aspects of representation theory (05E10) Combinatorial aspects of matroids and geometric lattices (05B35) Exterior algebra, Grassmann algebras (15A75)

Abstract: Geometric products on tensor powers $Lambda(V{)}^{otimesm}$ of an exterior algebra and on Whitney algebras cite{crasch} provide a rigorous version of Grassmann's {it regressive products} of 1844 cite{gra1}. We study geometric products and their relations with other classical operators on exterior algebras, such as the Hodge $ast-$operators and the {it join} and {it meet} products in Cayley-Grassmann algebras cite{BBR, Stew}. We establish encodings of tensor powers $Lambda(V{)}^{otimesm}$ and of Whitney algebras $W^m(M)$ in terms of letterplace algebras and of their geometric products in terms of divided powers of polarization operators. We use these encodings to provide simple proofs of the Crapo and Schmitt exchange relations in Whitney algebras and of two typical classes of identities in Cayley-Grassmann algebras.

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