The geometric product is a fundamental operation in geometric algebra that combines the dot product (A·B) and wedge product (A∧B):
AB = A·B + A∧B
- Dot Product (A·B): Represents the symmetric part of the product, giving a scalar value that measures how much the vectors align.
- Wedge Product (A∧B): Represents the antisymmetric part, giving a bivector that represents the oriented area spanned by the vectors.
- When A and B are vectors, A·B is a scalar and A∧B is a bivector.
- When one operand is a bivector, the geometric product includes additional terms that rotate and scale the other operand.
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