How do you represent vectors in a 3D space?

phy-79 · Dec 4, 2009

I have problems in understanding what RECIPROCAL VECTORS are...
I know the formulas regarding it but don't know their geometric meaning is...
How do you represent them in a 3D spcace ?

berkeman · Dec 4, 2009

phy-79 said:

I have problems in understanding what RECIPROCAL VECTORS are...
I know the formulas regarding it but don't know their geometric meaning is...
How do you represent them in a 3D spcace ?

Moved to Homework Help, Advanced Physics for now. Could you please say more about what you know about "reciprocal vectors"?

How do you represent vectors in a 3D space?

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How do you represent vectors in a 3D space?

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