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[[File:Plucker_embedding.png|thumb|600px|right|Schematic illustration of the Plücker embedding. Linear subspaces of <math>\mathbb{R}^n</math> (here lines) get mapped to points on a quadric surface in projective space.]]
[[File:Plucker_embedding.png|thumb|600px|right|Schematic illustration of the Plücker embedding. Linear subspaces of <math>\mathbb{R}^n</math> (here lines) get mapped to points on a quadric surface in projective space.]]
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== See also ==
== See also ==


* [[Wedgie supplement]] - Supplementary page going over additional information on wedgies, including a more mathematically advanced description
* [[Wedgie supplement]] - Supplementary page going over additional information on wedgies
* [[Exterior algebra]] - exterior product, which produces wedgies
* [[Exterior algebra]] - exterior product, which produces wedgies
* [[Interior product]] - interior product, dual of the exterior product
* [[Interior product]] - interior product, dual of the exterior product