Namespaces
Variants
Actions

Pseudo-scalar product

From Encyclopedia of Mathematics
Revision as of 16:54, 7 February 2011 by 127.0.0.1 (talk) (Importing text file)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to: navigation, search

skew product, , of non-zero vectors and

The product of their moduli by the sine of the angle of positive (anti-clockwise) rotation from to :

If and (or) , then the pseudo-scalar product is assumed to be zero.

See Vector algebra.


Comments

The pseudo-scalar product of two vectors gives the length of the vector product of these two vectors.

How to Cite This Entry:
Pseudo-scalar product. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Pseudo-scalar_product&oldid=48352
This article was adapted from an original article by A.B. Ivanov (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article