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The cross product with respect to a right-handed coordinate system. In mathematics, the cross product or vector product (occasionally directed area product, to emphasize its geometric significance) is a binary operation on two vectors in a three-dimensional oriented Euclidean vector space (named here ), and is denoted by the symbol .
There are two lists of mathematical identities related to vectors: Vector algebra relations — regarding operations on individual vectors such as dot product, cross product, etc. Vector calculus identities — regarding operations on vector fields such as divergence, gradient, curl, etc.
The following are important identities in vector algebra.Identities that only involve the magnitude of a vector ‖ ‖ and the dot product (scalar product) of two vectors A·B, apply to vectors in any dimension, while identities that use the cross product (vector product) A×B only apply in three dimensions, since the cross product is only defined there.
This also relates to the handedness of the cross product; the cross product transforms as a pseudovector under parity transformations and so is properly described as a pseudovector. The dot product of two vectors is a scalar but the dot product of a pseudovector and a vector is a pseudoscalar, so the scalar triple product (of vectors) must be ...
In mathematics, the seven-dimensional cross product is a bilinear operation on vectors in seven-dimensional Euclidean space.It assigns to any two vectors a, b in a vector a × b also in . [1]
The dot product takes in two vectors and returns a scalar, while the cross product [a] returns a pseudovector. Both of these have various significant geometric interpretations and are widely used in mathematics, physics , and engineering .
The multiplication sign (×), also known as the times sign or the dimension sign, is a mathematical symbol used to denote the operation of multiplication, which results in a product. [1] The symbol is also used in botany, in botanical hybrid names. The form is properly a four-fold rotationally symmetric saltire. [2]
The rule of three [1] was a historical shorthand version for a particular form of cross-multiplication that could be taught to students by rote. It was considered the height of Colonial maths education [2] and still figures in the French national curriculum for secondary education, [3] and in the primary education curriculum of Spain. [4]