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Dual Number


A dual number is a number x+epsilony, where x,y in R and epsilon is a matrix with the property that epsilon^2=0 (such as epsilon=[0 1; 0 0]).


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References

Brand, L. Vector and Tensor Analysis. New York: Wiley, 1947.

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Dual Number

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

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