๐Ÿ“ Angle

Mathematics / Geometry

The angle between ๐Ÿน Vectors and can be calculated via ๐ŸŽณ Inner Product and ๐Ÿ“Œ Norm as

Intuitively, the smaller the angle, the more similar and are.

Orthogonality

Two vectors are orthogonal if the angle between them satisfies (ie, is perpendicular). Equivalently, this means are orthogonal if and only if . If and are also unit, they're called orthonormal.

Furthermore, a basis is orthonormal if for and . It's possible to construct an orthonormal basis from any basis using the Gram-Schmidt process.

The orthogonal complement of subspace contains all vectors in that are orthogonal to every vector in . The intersection of and is the vector, and the bases of each combined form a basis for .

Content by William Liang, written in Obsidian.
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