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Geometric Interpretation of Dot/Scalar/Inner Product of Real Vectors

  1. Dot/Scalar/Inner Product between any 2 Real Vectors \(\vec{A}\) and \(\vec{B}\) can be Geometrically Interpreted in following 3 equivalent ways

    \(\vec{A}\cdot\vec{B}=\) Length of \(\vec{A}\hspace{2mm}\times \) Length of \(\vec{B}\hspace{2mm}\times \) (Cosine of Angle Between \(\vec{A}\) and \(\vec{B}\)) \(=|\vec{A}||\vec{B}| \cos (\theta)\)   ...(1)

    \(\vec{A}\cdot\vec{B}=\) Length of Projection of \(\vec{A}\) on \(\vec{B}\hspace{2mm}\times\) Length of \(\vec{B}=(|\vec{A}|\cos (\theta))|\vec{B}| \)   ...(2)

    \(\vec{A}\cdot\vec{B}=\) Length of Projection of \(\vec{B}\) on \(\vec{A}\hspace{2mm}\times\) Length of \(\vec{A}=(|\vec{B}|\cos (\theta))|\vec{A}| \)   ...(3)

    In the above equations \(\theta\) is the Angle Between \(\vec{A}\) and \(\vec{B}\).
  2. If Dot/Scalar/Inner Product between 2 Real Vectors is 0, that means the Angle between the 2 Vectors is \(90^{\circ}\) (i.e. they are Perpendicular/Orthogonal to each other).

    If Dot/Scalar/Inner Product between 2 Real Vectors is Greater Than 0,that means the Angle between the 2 Vectors is Acute (i.e. \(\geq 0^{\circ} and < 90^{\circ}\)).

    If Dot/Scalar/Inner Product between 2 Real Vectors is Lesser Than 0,that means the Angle between the 2 Vectors is Obtuse (i.e. \( > 90^{\circ} and \leq 180^{\circ}\)).
Related Topics
Dot/Scalar/Inner Product of Vectors, Magnitude of Vectors and Unit Vectors,    Dot/Scalar/Inner Product of Vectors in Arbitrary Non Standard Basis,    Introduction to Vector Algebra
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