Cross Product
- find what section cross multiplication is in in the linear folder
- import it into the database
The cross product is a vector operation that results in another vector rather than a scalar like most of the other operations do. The resulting vector is normal to the original two vectors, this is helpful for applications like finding the equation of a plane.
The direction that the resulting is pointing is given by the right hand rule.
If you have the magnitude of two vectors (
Where
Cross Products in Python
(Using the SymPy online interpreter) One way to calculate cross products in Python is with the SymPy library. Given two vectors:
We can make two Matrix objects for each vector:
A = Matrix([1,2,3])
B = Matrix([4,5,6])
Then we can find the cross product by using the command:
A.cross(B)
Related Topics
- You can use the Cross Product TI84 Plus Program to find cross products using the TI84 Plus calculator.