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Algebra

Unit vectors

Vectors with length 1 — the direction without the magnitude.

A unit vector has length 1 — it carries direction without magnitude.

Normalize
û = v / |v|

Standard basis

  • î = (1, 0, 0)
  • ĵ = (0, 1, 0)
  • k̂ = (0, 0, 1)