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by lupire 848 days ago
The exterior product is the "correct" version of the cross product. I'm OK with the good guys seizing the name.

Cross product works in dimension 2^k-1 for k in 0,1,2,3. (real / singleton, complex / duonion, quaternion, octonion) It is trivial in 0D and 1D, defined uniquely in 3D, and unique up to some arbitrary negations in 7D.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven-dimensional_cross_prod...