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147: 22: 1441: 119: 1279: 1798: 1436:{\displaystyle s=\left\|\mathbf {a} _{1}\right\|=\left\|\mathbf {a} \right\|\cos \theta =\left\|\mathbf {a} \right\|{\frac {\mathbf {a} \cdot \mathbf {b} }{\left\|\mathbf {a} \right\|\left\|\mathbf {b} \right\|}}={\frac {\mathbf {a} \cdot \mathbf {b} }{\left\|\mathbf {b} \right\|}}\,} 1248: 372: 982: 1760: 1664: 1495: 1177: 1711: 1615: 1025: 1569: 1169: 488: 430: 761: 1532: 1136: 517: 459: 298: 243: 1111: 931: 909: 887: 865: 809: 787: 732: 710: 685: 663: 641: 585: 563: 269: 218: 1089: 1065: 843: 537: 306: 395: 1271: 939: 86: 1716: 58: 1837: 1620: 1454: 1243:{\displaystyle {\frac {\mathbf {a} \cdot \mathbf {b} }{\left\|\mathbf {a} \right\|\left\|\mathbf {b} \right\|}}=\cos \theta } 1803: 65: 1670: 1577: 987: 39: 1537: 105: 1144: 72: 463: 1859: 1793: 43: 54: 404: 737: 1508: 1116: 497: 439: 278: 223: 1094: 914: 892: 870: 848: 792: 770: 715: 693: 668: 646: 624: 568: 546: 252: 201: 32: 367:{\displaystyle s=\left\|\mathbf {a} \right\|\cos \theta =\mathbf {a} \cdot \mathbf {\hat {b}} ,} 599: 79: 1074: 1050: 828: 618: 595: 522: 380: 610: 272: 8: 1256: 196: 1833: 1781: 1502: 764: 150: 139: 1808: 1505:
if the angle is smaller than 90°. More exactly, if the vector projection is denoted
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converts it into the above-mentioned orthogonal projection, also called
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By this property, the definition of the scalar projection
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are the scalar projections in the directions of the
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Wellesley: Cambridge press. 1809:Lesson Explainer: Scalar Projection | Nagwa 483:{\displaystyle \left\|\mathbf {a} \right\|} 1432: 106:Learn how and when to remove this message 145: 117: 1852: 1827: 1799:Scalar projection - Flexbooks.ck12.org 690:Multiplying the scalar projection of 425:{\displaystyle {\hat {\mathbf {b} }}} 44:adding citations to reliable sources 15: 889:is known, the scalar projection of 756:{\displaystyle \mathbf {\hat {b}} } 13: 14: 1871: 1138:by the following property of the 1689: 1593: 1547: 1527:{\displaystyle \mathbf {a} _{1}} 1514: 1422: 1412: 1404: 1386: 1373: 1362: 1354: 1342: 1317: 1295: 1217: 1204: 1193: 1185: 1157: 1149: 1121: 1099: 1003: 954: 919: 897: 875: 853: 797: 775: 744: 720: 698: 673: 651: 629: 573: 551: 502: 472: 444: 412: 352: 342: 321: 283: 257: 228: 206: 20: 31:needs additional citations for 1830:Introduction to linear algebra 1821: 1699: 1684: 1603: 1588: 1557: 1542: 1426: 1418: 1390: 1382: 1377: 1369: 1346: 1338: 1321: 1313: 1305: 1290: 1221: 1213: 1208: 1200: 1043:Definition in terms of a and b 1013: 998: 958: 950: 476: 468: 416: 325: 317: 1: 1814: 1446: 1131:{\displaystyle \mathbf {b} ,} 512:{\displaystyle \mathbf {a} ,} 454:{\displaystyle \mathbf {b} ,} 293:{\displaystyle \mathbf {b} ,} 238:{\displaystyle \mathbf {b} ,} 1106:{\displaystyle \mathbf {a} } 1091:can be computed in terms of 926:{\displaystyle \mathbf {b} } 904:{\displaystyle \mathbf {a} } 882:{\displaystyle \mathbf {b} } 860:{\displaystyle \mathbf {a} } 804:{\displaystyle \mathbf {b} } 782:{\displaystyle \mathbf {a} } 727:{\displaystyle \mathbf {b} } 705:{\displaystyle \mathbf {a} } 680:{\displaystyle \mathbf {b} } 658:{\displaystyle \mathbf {b} } 636:{\displaystyle \mathbf {a} } 580:{\displaystyle \mathbf {b} } 558:{\displaystyle \mathbf {a} } 264:{\displaystyle \mathbf {a} } 213:{\displaystyle \mathbf {a} } 7: 1765: 609:The scalar projection is a 168:), and vector rejection of 10: 1876: 1794:Dot products - www.mit.org 1787: 815:Definition based on angle 1828:Strang, Gilbert (2016). 1497:. It coincides with the 1084:{\displaystyle \theta } 1060:{\displaystyle \theta } 838:{\displaystyle \theta } 532:{\displaystyle \theta } 1756: 1707: 1660: 1611: 1565: 1528: 1491: 1437: 1267: 1244: 1165: 1132: 1107: 1085: 1061: 1021: 978: 933:can be computed using 927: 905: 883: 861: 839: 805: 783: 757: 728: 706: 681: 659: 637: 600:components of a vector 581: 559: 533: 513: 484: 455: 426: 391: 390:{\displaystyle \cdot } 368: 294: 265: 239: 220:on (or onto) a vector 214: 184: 143: 1860:Operations on vectors 1757: 1708: 1661: 1612: 1566: 1529: 1501:of the corresponding 1492: 1438: 1268: 1245: 1166: 1133: 1108: 1086: 1062: 1022: 979: 928: 906: 884: 862: 840: 806: 784: 758: 729: 707: 682: 660: 638: 619:orthogonal projection 596:Cartesian coordinates 582: 560: 534: 514: 485: 456: 427: 392: 369: 295: 266: 240: 215: 149: 121: 1717: 1671: 1621: 1578: 1538: 1509: 1455: 1280: 1257: 1178: 1145: 1117: 1095: 1075: 1051: 988: 940: 915: 893: 871: 849: 829: 793: 771: 738: 716: 694: 669: 647: 625: 569: 547: 523: 498: 464: 440: 436:in the direction of 405: 381: 307: 279: 253: 224: 202: 40:improve this article 377:where the operator 134:coincides with the 55:"Scalar projection" 1752: 1703: 1656: 1607: 1561: 1524: 1487: 1433: 1263: 1240: 1161: 1128: 1103: 1081: 1067:is not known, the 1057: 1017: 974: 923: 901: 879: 857: 835: 801: 779: 753: 724: 702: 677: 655: 633: 577: 555: 529: 509: 480: 451: 422: 387: 364: 290: 261: 245:also known as the 235: 210: 185: 144: 1839:978-0-9802327-7-6 1782:Vector projection 1503:vector projection 1430: 1395: 1266:{\displaystyle s} 1226: 765:vector projection 750: 419: 358: 193:scalar projection 151:Vector projection 140:vector projection 116: 115: 108: 90: 1867: 1844: 1843: 1825: 1761: 1759: 1758: 1753: 1748: 1747: 1729: 1728: 1712: 1710: 1709: 1704: 1702: 1698: 1697: 1692: 1665: 1663: 1662: 1657: 1652: 1651: 1633: 1632: 1616: 1614: 1613: 1608: 1606: 1602: 1601: 1596: 1570: 1568: 1567: 1562: 1560: 1556: 1555: 1550: 1533: 1531: 1530: 1525: 1523: 1522: 1517: 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