added an image that shows the cross product
commited
commit
1e0b3b4825e30ca2d9f41518b3a649c1b3b8a120
| ... | ... | @@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ Cz = Ax × By - Ay × Bx |
| 13 | 13 | |
| 14 | 14 | It outputs the vector that is perpendicular to both input vectors (or the plane spanned by those two vectors). |
| 15 | 15 | |
| 16 | [[/uploads/crossprod.png | alt=Cross Produc ex]] |
|
| 17 | ||
| 16 | 18 | The length of that vector is equal to the area of the parallelogram formed by those two input vectors (each vector gives a pair of parallel sides). Not that common for this knowledge to be used, you would often use the vector for its direction and not its length. |