cross product

Also known as vector product

mathematical operation on two vectors giving a vector as result

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The cross product is a mathematical operation that takes two vectors as input and produces a third vector as output. It's useful in fields like physics and engineering because the resulting vector has special properties that help describe rotations, perpendicular directions, and other spatial relationships.

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The cross product with respect to a right-handed coordinate system

In mathematics, the cross product or vector product (occasionally directed area product, to emphasize its geometric significance) is a binary operation on two vectors in a three-dimensional oriented Euclidean vector space (named here