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by laurentoget 2116 days ago
I find it fascinating that geometric algebra and algebraic geometry are two distincts and totally different things and i wonder which term came first.
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haha, well they are both probably about equally old i believe.. i think the two topics can be inter-related, but they are indeed separate areas of study with different emphasis, and I don't believe that many algebraic geometers know about the geometric algebra historically, since GA was quite obscure and hard to utilize until computer algebra made it easier
whereas AG is just as obscure and hard to utilize, even with a computer...