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VectorAngle
VectorAngle
[
u
,
v
]
gives the angle between the vectors
u
and
v
.
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VectorAngle
gives an angle in radians.
For nonzero vectors the vector angle
satisfies
.
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The angle between two vectors in 2D:
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The angle between two vectors in 3D:
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The angle between orthogonal vectors:
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