 Exterior power (source code)

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= Exterior power
{title2=$\Lambda^kV$}

The $k$th exterior power $\Lambda^kV$ is the quotient of $V^{\otimes k}$ that makes every tensor with two equal factors zero. It represents alternating $k$-linear maps and has dimension $\binom{\dim V}{k}$ in finite dimensions.

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