Re: Is angular velocity a vector?

Edward Green wrote:
Strange question, I admit.

I mean, of course it's a vector! It has a direction and magnitude.
Maybe purists will argue it's an axial vector.

But it seems to lack one common property of physical vectors: the
components don't seem to have much meaning beyond the mere geometrical
projection of the vector -- they lack physical interpretation.



See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular_velocity
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