I'm trying to find the full multiplication table for conformal geometric algebra (should be a 32 by 32 matrix). It does not seem to be available in explicit form anywhere on the web. Can anybody help with a link or a paste? Thank you.
multiplication table for conformal geometric algebra?
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\begin{pmatrix}1 & {{e}_{1}} & {{e}_{2}} & {{e}_{3}} & {{e}_{4}} & {{e}_{1,2}} & {{e}_{1,3}} & {{e}_{1,4}} & {{e}_{2,3}} & {{e}_{2,4}} & {{e}_{3,4}} & {{e}_{1,2,3}} & {{e}_{1,2,4}} & {{e}_{1,3,4}} & {{e}_{2,3,4}} & {{e}_{1,2,3,4}}\\ {{e}_{1}} & 1 & {{e}_{1,2}} & {{e}_{1,3}} & {{e}_{1,4}} & {{e}_{2}} & {{e}_{3}} & {{e}_{4}} & {{e}_{1,2,3}} & {{e}_{1,2,4}} & {{e}_{1,3,4}} & {{e}_{2,3}} & {{e}_{2,4}} & {{e}_{3,4}} & {{e}_{1,2,3,4}} & {{e}_{2,3,4}}\\ {{e}_{2}} & -{{e}_{1,2}} & 1 & {{e}_{2,3}} & {{e}_{2,4}} & -{{e}_{1}} & -{{e}_{1,2,3}} & -{{e}_{1,2,4}} & {{e}_{3}} & {{e}_{4}} & {{e}_{2,3,4}} & -{{e}_{1,3}} & -{{e}_{1,4}} & -{{e}_{1,2,3,4}} & {{e}_{3,4}} & -{{e}_{1,3,4}}\\ {{e}_{3}} & -{{e}_{1,3}} & -{{e}_{2,3}} & 1 & {{e}_{3,4}} & {{e}_{1,2,3}} & -{{e}_{1}} & -{{e}_{1,3,4}} & -{{e}_{2}} & -{{e}_{2,3,4}} & {{e}_{4}} & {{e}_{1,2}} & {{e}_{1,2,3,4}} & -{{e}_{1,4}} & -{{e}_{2,4}} & {{e}_{1,2,4}}\\ {{e}_{4}} & -{{e}_{1,4}} & -{{e}_{2,4}} & -{{e}_{3,4}} & -1 & {{e}_{1,2,4}} & {{e}_{1,3,4}} & {{e}_{1}} & {{e}_{2,3,4}} & {{e}_{2}} & {{e}_{3}} & -{{e}_{1,2,3,4}} & -{{e}_{1,2}} & -{{e}_{1,3}} & -{{e}_{2,3}} & {{e}_{1,2,3}}\\ {{e}_{1,2}} & -{{e}_{2}} & {{e}_{1}} & {{e}_{1,2,3}} & {{e}_{1,2,4}} & -1 & -{{e}_{2,3}} & -{{e}_{2,4}} & {{e}_{1,3}} & {{e}_{1,4}} & {{e}_{1,2,3,4}} & -{{e}_{3}} & -{{e}_{4}} & -{{e}_{2,3,4}} & {{e}_{1,3,4}} & -{{e}_{3,4}}\\ {{e}_{1,3}} & -{{e}_{3}} & -{{e}_{1,2,3}} & {{e}_{1}} & {{e}_{1,3,4}} & {{e}_{2,3}} & -1 & -{{e}_{3,4}} & -{{e}_{1,2}} & -{{e}_{1,2,3,4}} & {{e}_{1,4}} & {{e}_{2}} & {{e}_{2,3,4}} & -{{e}_{4}} & -{{e}_{1,2,4}} & {{e}_{2,4}}\\ {{e}_{1,4}} & -{{e}_{4}} & -{{e}_{1,2,4}} & -{{e}_{1,3,4}} & -{{e}_{1}} & {{e}_{2,4}} & {{e}_{3,4}} & 1 & {{e}_{1,2,3,4}} & {{e}_{1,2}} & {{e}_{1,3}} & -{{e}_{2,3,4}} & -{{e}_{2}} & -{{e}_{3}} & -{{e}_{1,2,3}} & {{e}_{2,3}}\\ {{e}_{2,3}} & {{e}_{1,2,3}} & -{{e}_{3}} & {{e}_{2}} & {{e}_{2,3,4}} & -{{e}_{1,3}} & {{e}_{1,2}} & {{e}_{1,2,3,4}} & -1 & -{{e}_{3,4}} & {{e}_{2,4}} & -{{e}_{1}} & -{{e}_{1,3,4}} & {{e}_{1,2,4}} & -{{e}_{4}} & -{{e}_{1,4}}\\ {{e}_{2,4}} & {{e}_{1,2,4}} & -{{e}_{4}} & -{{e}_{2,3,4}} & -{{e}_{2}} & -{{e}_{1,4}} & -{{e}_{1,2,3,4}} & -{{e}_{1,2}} & {{e}_{3,4}} & 1 & {{e}_{2,3}} & {{e}_{1,3,4}} & {{e}_{1}} & {{e}_{1,2,3}} & -{{e}_{3}} & -{{e}_{1,3}}\\ {{e}_{3,4}} & {{e}_{1,3,4}} & {{e}_{2,3,4}} & -{{e}_{4}} & -{{e}_{3}} & {{e}_{1,2,3,4}} & -{{e}_{1,4}} & -{{e}_{1,3}} & -{{e}_{2,4}} & -{{e}_{2,3}} & 1 & -{{e}_{1,2,4}} & -{{e}_{1,2,3}} & {{e}_{1}} & {{e}_{2}} & {{e}_{1,2}}\\ {{e}_{1,2,3}} & {{e}_{2,3}} & -{{e}_{1,3}} & {{e}_{1,2}} & {{e}_{1,2,3,4}} & -{{e}_{3}} & {{e}_{2}} & {{e}_{2,3,4}} & -{{e}_{1}} & -{{e}_{1,3,4}} & {{e}_{1,2,4}} & -1 & -{{e}_{3,4}} & {{e}_{2,4}} & -{{e}_{1,4}} & -{{e}_{4}}\\ {{e}_{1,2,4}} & {{e}_{2,4}} & -{{e}_{1,4}} & -{{e}_{1,2,3,4}} & -{{e}_{1,2}} & -{{e}_{4}} & -{{e}_{2,3,4}} & -{{e}_{2}} & {{e}_{1,3,4}} & {{e}_{1}} & {{e}_{1,2,3}} & {{e}_{3,4}} & 1 & {{e}_{2,3}} & -{{e}_{1,3}} & -{{e}_{3}}\\ {{e}_{1,3,4}} & {{e}_{3,4}} & {{e}_{1,2,3,4}} & -{{e}_{1,4}} & -{{e}_{1,3}} & {{e}_{2,3,4}} & -{{e}_{4}} & -{{e}_{3}} & -{{e}_{1,2,4}} & -{{e}_{1,2,3}} & {{e}_{1}} & -{{e}_{2,4}} & -{{e}_{2,3}} & 1 & {{e}_{1,2}} & {{e}_{2}}\\ {{e}_{2,3,4}} & -{{e}_{1,2,3,4}} & {{e}_{3,4}} & -{{e}_{2,4}} & -{{e}_{2,3}} & -{{e}_{1,3,4}} & {{e}_{1,2,4}} & {{e}_{1,2,3}} & -{{e}_{4}} & -{{e}_{3}} & {{e}_{2}} & {{e}_{1,4}} & {{e}_{1,3}} & -{{e}_{1,2}} & 1 & -{{e}_{1}}\\ {{e}_{1,2,3,4}} & -{{e}_{2,3,4}} & {{e}_{1,3,4}} & -{{e}_{1,2,4}} & -{{e}_{1,2,3}} & -{{e}_{3,4}} & {{e}_{2,4}} & {{e}_{2,3}} & -{{e}_{1,4}} & -{{e}_{1,3}} & {{e}_{1,2}} & {{e}_{4}} & {{e}_{3}} & -{{e}_{2}} & {{e}_{1}} & -1\end{pmatrix}
I hacked together a Python program to generate the multiplication table for standard basis elements. From the first few entries you can see I'm using $a,b,c,d$ to be the basis elements squaring to $1$, and $e$ to be the basis element squaring to $-1$.
(PS: Oh yeah, and I left off the identity row and column because they're obvious computations. So this is a slightly less than complete multiplication table for the basis.)