Vector (mathematics and physics)
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title:
Vector (mathematics and physics)
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In mathematics and physics, vector is a term that refers informally to some quantities that cannot be expressed by a single number, or to elements of some vector spaces. Historically, vectors were introduced in geometry and physics for quantities that have both a magnitude and a direction, such as displacements, forces and velocity. Such quantities are represented by geometric vectors in the same way as distances, masses and time are represented by real numbers. The term vector is also used, in
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Element of a vector space
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_(mathematics_and_physics)
date created:
2009-06-14T18:39:02Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T04:46:46Z
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