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Scalar multiplication

Multiplying a vector by a scalar is also done component by component so that each component of the vector gets multiplied by the scalar. So if we have the vector tex2html_wrap_inline705 then

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Notice that

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In general, if tex2html_wrap_inline707 is a scalar and tex2html_wrap_inline583 is a vector, then tex2html_wrap_inline711 .


Vector Calculus
Mon Jul 14 10:10:30 MST 1997