Square a Vector: Magnitude x Vector

[MrLobster]

How do you sqaure a vector?

Is it the magnitude of the vector times the vector?

 

[chroot]

You can't "square" a vector, because there's no distinct "multiply" operation defined for vectors.

The dot product is a generalization of multiplication to vectors, and you can certain take the dot product of a vector with itself. The resulting quantity is the squared norm of the vector.

- Warren

 

[UniPhysics90]

You can't "square" a vector, because there's no distinct "multiply" operation defined for vectors.

The dot product is a generalization of multiplication to vectors, and you can certain take the dot product of a vector with itself. The resulting quantity is the squared norm of the vector.

- Warren

would this mean just the square of each term added together?

ive tried this but then end upwith an answer different to the one given, i have a factor of sin($) missing.

 

[cristo]

would this mean just the square of each term added together?

ive tried this but then end upwith an answer different to the one given, i have a factor of sin($) missing.

Maybe if you state the question, and your attempts at the question, then it may be possible to answer you.