Re: Correlation of vectors

[Jay Warner]

good idea!  but, I think it's the dot products.  - two vectors at right angles to one another have a dot product of 0.

and I think WDA's suggestion of checking a book on the subject is a very good one :)

Jay

W. D. Allen Sr. wrote:

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If I remember correctly two vectors are independent if their cross product
is zero. Check a vector analysis book for verification of this.

WDA

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"Peter J. Wahle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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What can I tell about the relationship of two sets of experimentally

derived

vectors?

Example:
VectorA    VectorB
(-1,1)        (-2,-1)
(-2,0)        (-2,0)
(-2,1)        (-1,0)
(0,0)        (0,0)
(-1,1)        (-1,0)
    ...        ...

Each row is subject to the same conditions.  I need to check for
independence and need some sort of measure of correlation.

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