Dot Product
A.B = |A||B|cos(angle)
 
 A.B = a1b1 + a2b2 + a3b3
 where A = [a1 a2 a3], B = [b1 b2 b3]
 
 If A.B = 0, then |A|B|cos(angle) = 0,
 acos(0) = 90degree.
 Thus, A is perpendicular to B,
 
 If A.B <> 90 degree
 If A.B > 0, angle <>
 
 ** Dot product provides the length of the projection of one vector to another. 
 If A is going to project on to B, B must be normalised.
 
 Cross Product
 A x B = [(a2b3 - a3b2) (a3b1 - a1b3) (a1b2 - a2b1)]
 where A = [a1 a2 a3], B = [b1 b2 b3]
 
 A x B is perpendicular to both A and B.
 A x B = -(B x A)
 
 |A x B| = |A||B| sin(angle)
Thursday, 20 March 2008
Dot product and Cross Product
Labels:
Cross Product,
Dot Product,
Scalar Product,
Vector,
Vector Product
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