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adamnemecek on Nov 29, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Geometric Algebra (2012)

You should check out the bivector community https://bivector.net/ dedicated to Geometric algebra.

Join the discord https://discord.gg/vGY6pPk.

Check out a demo https://observablehq.com/@enkimute/animated-orbits

Automatic differentiation that’s all the rage is based on geometric algebra, namely dual numbers.

I wonder if automatic integration is possible. I have a hunch it is.

canjobear on Nov 29, 2020 | [–]

I highly recommend the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60z_hpEAtD8 linked from the site above

~40 minutes, and I get the point of geometric algebra now.

eutectic on Nov 30, 2020 | [–]

Aren't dual numbers only useful for forward-mode AD, and not the more useful reverse-mode?

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