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A Canonical Decomposition in Mixed Exterior Algebra

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

J. R. Vanstone
J. R. Vanstone*
Affiliation:
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
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Let E be a vector space of dimension n ∊ N over a field Γ, of characteristic 0. Choose E*, dual to E, and form

the space of exterior powers of E, as well as ΛE*. Finally, let

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , 01 April 1984 , pp. 361 - 373
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1984

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