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Re:Show HN: Visualizing the math that powers 3D character an... by aaaaaaaaaaab on Monday June 13, 2022 @06:44PM (#31732685)
What do you mean by powerful type system and compiler? Do you mean an optimizing compiler that can eliminate the redundant zero terms when multiplying multivectors with many zero grades?
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Re:Show HN: Visualizing the math that powers 3D character an... by wyager on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @10:06AM (#31739713)
Correct. Quaternions have 4 elements and a small number of multiplications. G3 has 8 elements and more multiplications. This gets worse quickly in higher dimensions.
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