Timeline for Why did the word "exterior" get chosen for the idea of "exterior derivative"?
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| Sep 2, 2010 at 4:43 | comment | added | Allen Knutson | cafepress.com/+btq_thong,38045148 | |
| Sep 1, 2010 at 23:15 | vote | accept | tomcuchta | ||
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| Sep 1, 2010 at 3:39 | comment | added | KConrad | Kevin: at sites.google.com/site/grassmannalgebra/thegrassmannalgebrabook is a modern rewriting of Grassmann's book and the table of contents mentions an exterior, interior, and regressive product. | |
| Aug 31, 2010 at 21:53 | comment | added | Tom Goodwillie | MTS - Be pedantic, if you like, but how does this very slightly altered form of Deane's comment strike you "Nate's answer merely begs the question, since we don't know why the inner product got its name." | |
| Aug 31, 2010 at 21:48 | comment | added | Deane Yang | MTS, you're right. Thanks for the correction. Details here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question | |
| Aug 31, 2010 at 21:13 | comment | added | Gerald Edgar | Question: Did Hamilton use the term "outer product" when writing about his new discovery (invention?), the quaternions? | |
| Aug 31, 2010 at 20:59 | comment | added | MTS | This doesn't beg the question, it raises the question. Begging the question is something else. Not to be pedantic or anything. | |
| Aug 31, 2010 at 20:53 | comment | added | Kevin H. Lin | I have never heard of "interior product" ...? | |
| Aug 31, 2010 at 19:59 | comment | added | Deane Yang | This only begs the question of why the inner product is called "inner". | |
| Aug 31, 2010 at 19:52 | history | answered | Nate Eldredge | CC BY-SA 2.5 |