Re: Shortcut for magnitude of a Vector?
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- Subject: [mg26733] Re: [mg26710] Shortcut for magnitude of a Vector?
- From: Ken Levasseur <Kenneth_Levasseur at uml.edu>
- Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 02:14:10 -0500 (EST)
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Tom:
I usually use a function like this:
In[14]:=
mag = Sqrt[Plus @@ (#^2)] &
Out[14]:=
Sqrt[Plus @@ (#1^2)] &
In[15]:=
mag[{a, b, c}]
Out[15]:=
Sqrt[a^2 + b^2 + c^2]
In[16]:=
mag[{1, 5, -2}]
Out[16]:=
Sqrt[30]
Ken Levasseur
UMass Lowell
mrtommorris wrote:
> Does anyone know if there is a shortcut to find the magnitude of a Vector in
> Mathematica? I've tried a few things but it just spits my vector back out.
> Thanks for your help. Tom Morris
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- Shortcut for magnitude of a Vector?