Formalizing Geometric Algebra in Lean
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This paper explores formalizing Geometric (or Clifford) algebras into the
Lean 3 theorem prover, building upon the substantial body of work that is the
Lean mathematics library, mathlib. As we use Lean source code to demonstrate
many of our ideas, we include a brief introduction to the Lean language
targeted at a reader with no prior experience with Lean or theorem provers in
general.
We formalize the multivectors as the quotient of the tensor algebra by a
suitable relation, which provides the ring structure automatically, then go on
to establish the universal property of the Clifford algebra. We show that this
is quite different to the approach taken by existing formalizations of
Geometric algebra in other theorem provers; most notably, our approach does not
require a choice of basis.
We go on to show how operations and structure such as involutions, versors,
and the
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1661-4909