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/BBox [0 0 100 100] /Filter /FlateDecode /Resources 21 0 R The number 0 denotes the origin in space, while the vector \(\vec 0\) denotes a vector that has no magnitude or direction.The fourth vector from the second example, \(\vec i = \left\langle {1,0,0} \right\rangle \), is called a In two dimensional space there are two standard basis vectors,Note that standard basis vectors are also unit vectors.We are pretty much done with this section however, before proceeding to the next section we should point out that vectors are not restricted to two dimensional or three dimensional space. To get from the three dimensional formula to the two dimensional formula all we did is take out the third component/coordinate. /FormType 1 /Filter /FlateDecode The notes contain the usual topics that are taught in those courses as well as a few extra topics that I decided to include just because I wanted to. /BBox [0 0 100 100]
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