scalar multiplication

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noun

maths an operation used in the definition of a vector space in which the product of a scalar and a vector is a vector, the operation is distributive over the addition of both scalars and vectors, and is associative with multiplication of scalars

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Write the equation for the magnitude of the vector, then use scalar multiplication:

From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016

For any nonzero vector v, we can use scalar multiplication to find a unit vector u that has the same direction as v.

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The process of scalar multiplication involves multiplying each entry in a matrix by a scalar.

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For the following exercises, use the matrices below to perform scalar multiplication.

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As we have seen, multiplying a vector by a number is called scalar multiplication.

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