Talk:Theoretical Mechanics/Vector Algebra

What kind of vector notation should this book use?

I feel the aex + bey + cez style requires way too much typing, and for some reason I can't get the TeX \jmath command to work in the math tags.

I suggest we use (a, b, c) or &lt;a, b, c&gt;

Also, I'm working on some pictures for showing the addition, subtraction, and vector product of two vectors. --Eienmaru 23:48, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

''Couldn't we simply copy-and-paste the pictures from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_(spatial) ? ''It seems like lots of the (paper) books on my shelf have an appendix with a brief summary of vectors. Do we really need to re-do this for each and every Wikibook ?'' Other wiki vector explanations: On the other hand, I don't want to *stop* anyone from making more pictures -- please, keep trying to make better illustrations. --DavidCary 20:08, 14 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Theoretical_Mechanics/Vector_Algebra
 * Trigonometry:Vectors_and_Dot_Products
 * ... and probably a few others I'm overlooking just now.

''Gyah, that does seem to be the case. Perhaps someone should just make a Vector Analysis Wikibook and the others could link to that in their appendix. Enough things in college-level maths require it as a prerequisite anyways, and you're certainly right that it seems silly for each wikibook to reinvent the wheel in different (and possibly inconsistent) ways.''

''Sorry, I'm really new here, and this book just caught my eye. It seems like the pure math courses in Wikiversity would be a good place to put a primer for Vector Algebra, though... --Eienmaru 23:48, 14 May 2005 (UTC)''

''Correction: Calculus/Vectors wins. --Eienmaru 23:51, 14 May 2005 (UTC)''