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Example
Example
Suppose we know that
(
a
⟶
,
b
⟶
)
=
3
and
(
a
⟶
,
c
⟶
)
=
5
.
Then we can deduce that
(
a
⟶
,
b
⟶
+
2
c
⟶
)
=
3
+
2
*
5
=
13
.
Similarly, if you know the value of
(
a
⟶
,
b
⟶
)
and
(
a
⟶
,
c
⟶
)
you can deduce the value of the dot product of
a
⟶
with any vector that can be expressed as a linear combination of
b
⟶
and
c
⟶
, that is, as
x
b
⟶
+
y
c
⟶
.
The value will be
x
*
(
a
⟶
,
b
⟶
)
+
y
*
(
a
⟶
,
c
⟶
)
.