Re: Hansen discovers how to reason.

From: PD (pdraper_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 01/27/05 

Date: 27 Jan 2005 10:06:38 -0800

Androcles wrote:
> "Timo Nieminen" <timo@physics.uq.edu.au> wrote in message
> news:Pine.LNX.4.50.0501271444400.14575-100000@localhost...

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> >
> > Do you know the difference between a vector and a component of a
> > vector?
>
> There isn't a difference. Components of vectors are themselves
vectors.
> Why do you ask? Did you imagine there was a difference?
>

No, they're not. Components are scalars. Components are the scalars you
multiply by the basis vectors to compose a vector. The product of a
component and a basis vector is a vector, but a component is not a
vector.

V = Sum(i) [vi * ei]
where V is a vector, vi are the components, and ei are the basis
vectors.
Do you want a math website reference to verify that?

PD

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