Symbolic evaluation of the cross product

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#1 Posted: 11/23/2013 1:14:44 PM
Martin Kraska

Martin Kraska

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SMath fails to compute the cross product of two vectors, if one of them (or possibly both) is a product with a symbolic constant and a vector (a scaled vector).

SMath complains that the vector product is only defined for three-element vectors.

This is particularly nasty, as this applies also to vectors normalized by division by their length.

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Technische Mechanik mit SMath Studio: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-658-50592-9
#2 Posted: 11/24/2013 2:08:27 PM
Martin Kraska

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Issue can be solved by using Update 6 of the Maxima Plugin.
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Technische Mechanik mit SMath Studio: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-658-50592-9
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