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  • Look up scalar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Scalar may refer to: Scalar (mathematics), an element of a field, which is used to define a vector space...
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  • Lorentz scalar is a scalar expression whose value is invariant under any Lorentz transformation. A Lorentz scalar may be generated from, e.g., the scalar product...
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  • A scalar is an element of a field which is used to define a vector space. In linear algebra, real numbers or generally elements of a field are called scalars...
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  • Dot product (redirect from Scalar product)
    In mathematics, the dot product or scalar product is an algebraic operation that takes two equal-length sequences of numbers (usually coordinate vectors)...
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    In mathematics, scalar multiplication is one of the basic operations defining a vector space in linear algebra (or more generally, a module in abstract...
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    and physics, a scalar field is a function associating a single number to every point in a space – possibly physical space. The scalar may either be a...
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  • different products, the scalar-valued scalar triple product and, less often, the vector-valued vector triple product. The scalar triple product (also called...
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  • In the mathematical field of Riemannian geometry, the scalar curvature (or the Ricci scalar) is a measure of the curvature of a Riemannian manifold. To...
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    the scalar projection of a vector a {\displaystyle \mathbf {a} } on (or onto) a vector b , {\displaystyle \mathbf {b} ,} also known as the scalar resolute...
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    scalar magnitude by writing it as a 1 = a 1 b ^ {\displaystyle \mathbf {a} _{1}=a_{1}\mathbf {\hat {b}} } where a 1 {\displaystyle a_{1}} is a scalar...
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    can be added together and multiplied ("scaled") by numbers called scalars. Scalars are often real numbers, but can be complex numbers or, more generally...
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    A scalar boson is a boson whose spin equals zero. A boson is a particle whose wave function is symmetric under particle exchange and therefore follows...
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  • scalar matrix; that is, a scalar multiple λ of the identity matrix I. Its effect on a vector is scalar multiplication by λ. For example, a 3×3 scalar...
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  • In physics, scalars (or scalar quantities) are physical quantities that are unaffected by changes to a vector space basis (i.e., a coordinate system transformation)...
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    quantity expressed as the gradient of the electrostatic potential, which is a scalar quantity denoted by V or occasionally φ, equal to the electric potential...
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    In mathematical physics, scalar potential describes the situation where the difference in the potential energies of an object in two different positions...
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  • Scalar processors are a class of computer processors that process only one data item at a time. Typical data items include integers and floating point...
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  • scalar field or a vector field. The value of the line integral is the sum of values of the field at all points on the curve, weighted by some scalar function...
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  • two groups can be distinguished by whether they write the derivative of a scalar with respect to a vector as a column vector or a row vector. Both of these...
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  • physics, a scalar meson is a meson with total spin 0 and even parity (usually noted as JP=0+). Compare to pseudoscalar meson. The first known scalar mesons...
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