vector product in general vector spaces
The vector product can be defined in any finite dimensional vector space with . Let be a basis of , we then define the vector product of the vectors in the following way:
One can easily see that some of the properties of the vector product are the same as in :
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If one of the is equal to , then the vector product is .
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If are linearly dependent, then the vector product is .
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In a Euclidean vector space is perpendicular
to all .