Ciro Santilli @cirosantilli  40

Just like for the finite general linear group, the definition of special also works for finite fields, where 1 is the multiplicative identity!

Note that the definition of orthogonal group may not have such a clear finite analogue on the other hand.

Some blogs:

Also resonates with backward design.

This is an interesting licensing model that might just scale.

Of course, "Ciro Santilli" with quotes, since all of those are either taken directly from others, or had been previously formulated by others.