Vector Addition

Prerequisites

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Vectors Show

Vector Addition

Introduction

  • Vectors can be added and subtracted to produce new vectors.
  • This is only possible if the vectors have the same number of elements.
  • To add (or subtract) two vectors, you add (or subtract) the corresponding elements.

Mathematical Definition

Example

code (Python)

import numpy as np

a = [3, 6, 2]
b = [1, 3, 10]

c = np.add(a, b)
print(c) # prints: [4, 9, 12]