geometry
CrossProduct
compute the cross product of two directed segments
Calling Sequence
Parameters
Description
Examples
CrossProduct(dseg1, dseg2)
dseg1, dseg2
-
two directed segment
The cross product can be interpret as the signed area of the parallelogram formed by the point , dseg1, dseg2 and .
Note that the tails of dseg1 and dseg2 must be the same.
The command with(geometry,CrossProduct) allows the use of the abbreviated form of this command.
See Also
geometry[area]
geometry[dsegment]
geometry[point]
geometry[triangle]
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