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  2. Vector notation - Wikipedia

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    The two polar coordinates of a point in a plane may be considered as a two dimensional vector. Such a vector consists of a magnitude (or length) and a direction (or angle). The magnitude, typically represented as r, is the distance from a starting point, the origin, to the point which is represented.

  3. Screw theory - Wikipedia

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    Since ε 2 = 0 for dual numbers, exp(aε) = 1 + aε, all other terms of the exponential series vanishing. Let F = {1 + εr : r ∈ H}, ε 2 = 0. Note that F is stable under the rotation q → p −1 qp and under the translation (1 + εr)(1 + εs) = 1 + ε(r + s) for any vector quaternions r and s. F is a 3-flat in the eight-dimensional space of ...

  4. Euclidean vector - Wikipedia

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    Two examples (r = −1 and r = 2) are given below: The scalar multiplications −a and 2a of a vector a. Scalar multiplication is distributive over vector addition in the following sense: r(a + b) = ra + rb for all vectors a and b and all scalars r. One can also show that a − b = a + (−1)b.

  5. Hilbert's sixteenth problem - Wikipedia

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    The determination of the upper bound for the number of limit cycles in two-dimensional polynomial vector fields of degree n and an investigation of their relative positions. The first problem is yet unsolved for n = 8. Therefore, this problem is what usually is meant when talking about Hilbert's sixteenth problem in real algebraic geometry.

  6. Phase plane - Wikipedia

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    A two-dimensional system of linear differential equations can be written in the form: [1] = + = + which can be organized into a matrix equation: [] = [] [] =.where A is the 2 × 2 coefficient matrix above, and v = (x, y) is a coordinate vector of two independent variables.

  7. Vector (mathematics and physics) - Wikipedia

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    [9] [12] Bound vector quantities are formulated as a directed line segment, with a definite initial point besides the magnitude and direction of the main vector. [9] [11] For example, a force on the Euclidean plane has two Cartesian components in SI unit of newtons and an accompanying two-dimensional position vector in meters, for a total of ...

  8. Linear independence - Wikipedia

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    That is to say, the north vector cannot be described in terms of the east vector, and vice versa. The third "5 miles northeast" vector is a linear combination of the other two vectors, and it makes the set of vectors linearly dependent, that is, one of the three vectors is unnecessary to define a specific location on a plane.

  9. Invariant subspace problem - Wikipedia

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    Every operator on a non-trivial complex finite dimensional vector space has an eigenvector, solving the invariant subspace problem for these spaces. In the field of mathematics known as functional analysis , the invariant subspace problem is a partially unresolved problem asking whether every bounded operator on a complex Banach space sends ...