Why normalize a vector
A unit vector keeps direction but fixes length at . That makes it useful when direction matters more than raw size.
The standard rule is hat{u}=ec{v}/lVertec{v} Vert, so the zero vector is excluded because its length is zero.
A unit vector keeps direction but fixes length at . That makes it useful when direction matters more than raw size.
The standard rule is hat{u}=ec{v}/lVertec{v} Vert, so the zero vector is excluded because its length is zero.
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