Re: Distance between to points in r^3
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- Subject: [mg41603] Re: Distance between to points in r^3
- From: jeremyrfoster at hotmail.com (Jeremy Foster)
- Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 04:57:33 -0400 (EDT)
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Could you explain the syntax #.# and &[p1-p2]? I don't recognize this. Thanks.
Jeremy
Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de> wrote in message news:<bavavj$2bb$1 at smc.vnet.net>...
> Hi,
>
> p1={3,4,5};
> p2={6,7,8}
>
> Sqrt[#.#] &[p1-p2]
>
> ??
>
> Regards
> Jens
>
>
> Ronny Mandal wrote:
> >
> > Hi.
> >
> > Assume that I've got to vectors (3,4,5) and (6,7,8).How do I
> > calculate the distance between them?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Ronny M