Re: [Phys-l] Dot product (was nit vector notation)

[Todd Pedlar <pedlto01@luther.edu>]

Jack Uretsky wrote:
> Hi all-
>  	Or, you can do what mathemeticians do, namely, show that each 
> possible definition implies the other.
>   
which is exactly what I do when discussing the dot product in 
class...the students take
away a great deal more if two (or more) seemingly disjoint definitions 
can be shown with
all the connections between them made explicit.

Todd

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Todd K. Pedlar
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