Teaching Geometric Algebra with CLUCalc
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This text gives a short overview of the features of the visualization software CLUCalc, and how this software may be used to teach various aspects of Geometric Algebra. CLUCalc is a stand-alone software tool that uses the 3d-graphics library OpenGL to visualize the geometric meaning of elements of Geometric Algebras. These visualizations can very easily be animated or made user-interactive. Apart from this, CLUCalc offers many more features like the annotation of graphics with LATEX text, the visualization of circle-valued functions, drawing of transparent objects, user defined lighting, error propagation and much more.
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