Cross Product and Vector Multiplication
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Melissa
on 19 Aug 2013
Commented: Nitin Phadkule
on 17 Sep 2021
If i have the following 4 vectors:
D=Ax(B*C)
How would I solve for C?
Try and make this a tab bit more clear. I have A is a 1x3 matrix, B is a 3x3 matrix C is a 3x1 matrix and D is a 1x3 matrix. I am trying to solve for C. The problem is stated as A cross the product B*C equals D.
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Roger Stafford
on 19 Aug 2013
C = [ cross(A',B(:,1)) , cross(A',B(:,2)) , cross(A',B(:,3)) ]\(D');
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Roger Stafford
on 19 Aug 2013
There is a way to obtain a unique value for C that satisfies your equation. Let C be given by:
C = B\(cross(D',A')/dot(A,A));
This is the unique C such that
D' = cross(A',B*C)
and
dot(B*C,A') = 0
That is, such that B*C is orthogonal to A'. It assumes that D is orthogonal to A and that B is non-singular.
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joseph agno
on 7 Oct 2020
- Find the Matlab command to carry out the cross product of two vectors b and c and try it out on two vectors.
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muhammad asif
on 11 Oct 2020
circle statement
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Steven Lord
on 11 Oct 2020
Do you mean n times n? If so use the * operator.
But please do not put your own files in any subdirectory under the matlabroot directory!
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