Dot product

Definition

In mathematics, the dot product is an algebraic operation that takes two equal-length sequences of numbers, and returns a single number. In Euclidean geometry, the scalar product of two vectors is the dot product of their Cartesian coordinates, and is independent from the choice of a particular Cartesian coordinate system. The terms "dot product" and "scalar product" are often used interchangeably when a Cartesian coordinate system has been fixed once for all. The scalar product being a particular inner product, the term "inner product" is also often used.

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