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Vector algebra
In mathematics, vector algebra may mean: * The operations of vector addition and scalar multiplication of a vector space * The algebraic operations in vector calculus (vector analysis) – including the dot and cross products of 3-dimensional Euclidean space * Algebra over a field – a vector space equipped with a bilinear product * Any of the original vector algebras of the nineteenth century, including ** Quaternions ** Tessarines ** Coquaternions ** Biquaternions ** Hyperbolic quaternions
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In mathematics, vector algebra may mean: * The operations of vector addition and scalar multiplication of a vector space * The algebraic operations in vector calculus (vector analysis) – including the dot and cross products of 3-dimensional Euclidean space * Algebra over a field – a vector space equipped with a bilinear product * Any of the original vector algebras of the nineteenth century, including ** Quaternions ** Tessarines ** Coquaternions ** Biquaternions ** Hyperbolic quaternions
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