Unit vector
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unit-vector-181-14764997
title:
Unit vector
text:
In mathematics, a unit vector in a normed vector space is a vector of length 1. A unit vector is often denoted by a lowercase letter with a circumflex, or "hat", as in v ^. The normalized vector û of a non-zero vector u is the unit vector in the direction of u, i.e.,
- u ^ = u ‖ u ‖ where ‖u‖ is the norm of u. The term normalized vector is sometimes used as a synonym for unit vector. A unit vector is often used to represent directions, such as normal directions.
Unit vectors are often chosen t
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Vector of length one
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_vector
date created:
2003-01-09T00:42:09Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T04:09:34Z
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