Components of Vector in terms of Direction Cosines/Also presented as
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Components of Vector in terms of Direction Cosines Also presented as
This relationship can also be seen presented as:
Then:
| \(\ds \cos \alpha\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \dfrac x r\) | ||||||||||||
| \(\ds \cos \beta\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \dfrac y r\) | ||||||||||||
| \(\ds \cos \gamma\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \dfrac z r\) |
Sources
- 1957: D.E. Rutherford: Vector Methods (9th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text I$: Vector Algebra: $\S 2$