 | Robin Michael Green - Science - 1985 - 540 pages
...vectors is defined, however, in two essentially different ways. Definition. The scalar product (or inner product) of two vectors a and b is written as a • b and is the single scalar quantity »-b*=aJ>x + a^>y + aJ>z. (A.4) Definition. The vector product of... | |
 | Shuh-Jing Ying - Dynamics - 1997 - 398 pages
...s 1 s= 1 s Force, F Newton, N Pound. Ibf 1 Ibf = 4.4482 N Scalar product Of two vectors. The scalar product of two vectors a and b is written as a , b, which is a scalar quantity, and is defined as cos0 = a- b — ab cos в a , b axbx + ayby + azbz ab... | |
 | N. Basu, S. Nanda, P. C. Nayak - Mathematics - 1999 - 438 pages
...product of the lengths of the two vectors. It also follows the distributive law. The scalar or dot product of two vectors a and b is written as a • b, whereas the vector product or the cross product of the same two vectors a and b is written as ax b.... | |
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Thus the scalar product of two vectors A and B is written as A • B. 