5.1 Introduction
• Vectors are often drawn with arrows, as shown below,
• Cartesian notation is also a common form of usage.
• Vectors can be added and subtracted, numerically and graphically,
5.1.1 Dot (Scalar) Product
• We can use a dot product to find the angle between two vectors
• We can use a dot product to project one vector onto another vector.
• We can consider the basic properties of the dot product and units vectors.
• In Scilab,
5.1.2 Cross Product
• First, consider an example,
• The basic properties of the cross product are,
• When using a left/right handed coordinate system,
• The properties of the cross products are,
• In Scilab,
