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Coefficients of an algebra over a field

In mathematics, the structure constants or structure coefficients of an algebra over a field are the coefficients of the basis expansion of the products of basis vectors. Because the product operation in the algebra is bilinear, by linearity knowing the product of basis vectors allows to compute the product of any elements . Therefore, the structure constants can be used to specify the product operation of the algebra. Given the structure constants, the resulting product is obtained by bilinearity and can be uniquely extended to all vectors in the vector space, thus uniquely determining the product for the algebra. Wikipedia →

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