https://gdpark.blog/tags/vectors/Recent content in Vectors on gdpark.blogHugoenThu, 18 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/classical-mechanics-01-vectors-and-polar-coordinates/Thu, 18 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/classical-mechanics-01-vectors-and-polar-coordinates/A breezy walkthrough of cross products, the BAC-CAB rule, coordinate transformation matrices, and polar coords — all the vector stuff that actually felt new in university physics.https://gdpark.blog/posts/classical-mechanics-13-center-of-mass-cm/Fri, 07 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/classical-mechanics-13-center-of-mass-cm/Breaking down the center of mass — turns out it’s just a mass-weighted average of particle positions, and yeah, once you see it that way it actually makes sense.