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Projection
Projection
[
u
,
v
]
finds the projection of the vector
u
onto the vector
v
.
Projection
[
u
,
v
,
f
]
finds projections with respect to the inner product function
f
.
MORE INFORMATION
For ordinary vectors
u
and
v
, the projection is taken to be
.
»
In
Projection
[
u
,
v
,
f
]
,
u
and
v
can be any expressions or lists of expressions for which the inner product function
f
applied to pairs yields real results.
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EXAMPLES
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Basic Examples
(2)
Project the vector (5, 6, 7) onto the
x
axis:
In[1]:=
Out[1]=
Project onto another vector:
In[1]:=
Out[1]=
Scope
(4)
Generalizations & Extensions
(1)
Applications
(2)
Properties & Relations
(3)
SEE ALSO
Orthogonalize
Dot
Inner
Normalize
VectorAngle
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Vector Operations
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