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by gnulinux 358 days ago
I guess I'm skeptical of using a non-associative algebra instead of something that can trivially be made into a ring or field (i.e. matrix algebra). What advantages does this give us?
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Author here. There are no practical advantages, as far as I know. Not even faster multiplication on today's computers.
One thing that comes up in the sort of code ML I like to write is a careful attention to memory layout. Cracovians, defined according to some sibling comment as (B^T)A, make that a little more natural, since B and A can now have the same layout. I haven't used them though, so I don't have a good sense of whether that's more or less painful than other approaches.
Shouldn't be the same on a computer right? The change is in human perception not actually what hapens when multiplying.