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Questions about the origin of mathematical terms.

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Etymology of "exterior" in "exterior calculus"

I think it's well known to have been introduced by Grassmann. He explains the word choice in Die lineale Ausdehnungslehre (1844, pp. x-xi): I have shown how one can understand as product of two se …
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