u/Brilliant-Same

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Why is a finite Boolean algebra mapped to a Powerset, but a linear algebra is not?

I have been studying Discrete mathematics lately, and while studying about Boolean algebra, I wondered what specfici feature about it differs it from other types of algebras?

From my linear algebra class, I remember linear algebra being defined as a vector space with the additional operation of element-multiplication yielding a result within the same vector space.

Boolean algebra can also be defined under the same rules as for linear algebra, we can use XOR for vector addition, with a set of scalars as {0,1} we can also define scalar multiplication and we have the AND operation for vector multiplication.

Would we then also say that this linear algebra is just a powerset in disguise?

I just don't understand how a set which is a collection of elements, with the partially ordered relation of subset, can be equivalent to boolean algebra. It doesn't click for me.

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