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Bivector


A bivector, also called a 2-vector, is an antisymmetric tensor of second rank (a.k.a. 2-form).

For a bivector X^->,

 X^->=X_(ab)omega^a ^ omega^b,

where  ^ is the wedge product (or outer product).


See also

Differential k-Form, Tensor, Vector

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Bivector." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Bivector.html

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