Mathematics GCSE
Vector notation and representation
What Vector notation and representation means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Vector notation and representation
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A vector has both magnitude and direction, and in column form a vector from A to B is written as a column pair.
Topics that use Vector notation and representation
- Vectors (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- 2D column vector
- Diagrammatic and column representations
- image
- scalar multiplication
- Translation
- Component-wise addition and subtraction
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