Unit — may refer to:In mathematics: * Unit vector, a vector with length equal to 1 * Unit circle, the circle with radius equal to 1, centered at the origin * Unit interval, the interval of all real numbers between 0 and 1 * Imaginary unit, i , whose… … Wikipedia
Unit vector — In mathematics, a unit vector in a normed vector space is a vector (often a spatial vector) whose length is 1 (the unit length). A unit vector is often denoted by a lowercase letter with a hat , like this: (pronounced i hat ). In Euclidean space … Wikipedia
Vector space — This article is about linear (vector) spaces. For the structure in incidence geometry, see Linear space (geometry). Vector addition and scalar multiplication: a vector v (blue) is added to another vector w (red, upper illustration). Below, w is… … Wikipedia
Vector fields in cylindrical and spherical coordinates — Cylindrical coordinate system = Vector fields Vectors are defined in cylindrical coordinates by (ρ,φ,z), where * ρ is the length of the vector projected onto the X Y plane, * φ is the angle of the projected vector with the positive X axis (0 ≤ φ… … Wikipedia
vector space — Math. an additive group in which addition is commutative and with which is associated a field of scalars, as the field of real numbers, such that the product of a scalar and an element of the group or a vector is defined, the product of two… … Universalium
Vector field — In mathematics a vector field is a construction in vector calculus which associates a vector to every point in a (locally) Euclidean space.Vector fields are often used in physics to model, for example, the speed and direction of a moving fluid… … Wikipedia
Unit sphere — some unit spheres In mathematics, a unit sphere is the set of points of distance 1 from a fixed central point, where a generalized concept of distance may be used; a closed unit ball is the set of points of distance less than or equal to 1 from a … Wikipedia
vector analysis — the branch of calculus that deals with vectors and processes involving vectors. * * * ▪ mathematics Introduction a branch of mathematics that deals with quantities that have both magnitude and direction. Some physical and geometric… … Universalium
Vector-valued function — A vector valued function is a mathematical function that maps real numbers onto vectors. Vector valued functions can be defined as: *mathbf{r}(t)=f(t)mathbfhat{i}+g(t)mathbfhat{j} or *mathbf{r}(t)=f(t)mathbfhat{i}+g(t)mathbfhat{j}+h(t)mathbfhat{k}… … Wikipedia
Vector boson — A vector boson is a boson with spin equal to one unit of hbar (Planck s constant divided by 2 pi). In elementary particle physics, the vector bosons currently considered to be fundamental particles are all gauge bosons. The most familiar vector… … Wikipedia
Vector notation — This page is an overview of the common notations used when working with vectors, which may be spatial or more abstract members of vector spaces.The common typographic convention for representing a vector is upright boldface type, as in v for a… … Wikipedia