What's a Vector in Mathematics?

I'm trying to learn about Vectors in Math, but I can't find a website where I can understand anything, please help me understand by posting a good link, or a good explanation of what a vector in math is..............

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A vector would be used to show the distance and direction something moved in. If you ask for directions, and a person says "Walk one kilometer towards the North", that's a vector. If he says "Walk one kilometer", without showing a direction, it would be a scalar.

@Percy Jackson, this is for you...

Frisk Dreemurr - 11 months ago

That is physics, where a vector has both direction and magnitude, I'm talking about vectors in Math, as in Euclidian geometry and Euclidian vectors @Hamza Anushath, thanks for trying!

A Former Brilliant Member - 11 months ago

@Percy Jackson, they are the same thing! Check it out yourself...

Frisk Dreemurr - 11 months ago

@Frisk Dreemurr – Oh! Thanks, I thought that they were different things, as it was in in the 12th std Syllabus of maths. @Hamza Anushath

A Former Brilliant Member - 11 months ago

But we draw them on diagrams instead...

Frisk Dreemurr - 11 months ago

And a vector $\vec{z}$ (\vec{z}) is represented like this: $(a,b)$ , which denotes if you put its starting point on the origin, it’s endpoint is on $(a,b)$ .

Jeff Giff - 11 months ago

Doesn't the way you represent vectors differ from country to country? E.g., I've always learnt to write vectors as $\begin{pmatrix} a \\ b \end{pmatrix}$ .

Lorenz W. - 10 months, 3 weeks ago

$\begin{pmatrix} a \ b \end{pmatrix}$ - YOu mean this @Lorenz W.