Dot Product (Scalar Product)

Multiplying two vectors to get a single number, useful for finding angles between them.

Dot Product

$$\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b} = |\vec{a}||\vec{b}|\cos\theta$$

Used to find the angle between two vectors, and to check perpendicularity — if $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b} = 0$, the vectors are perpendicular.

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