what is norm?

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what is norm?

parthkohli · Answer

Short for "normal".

anonymous · Answer

its the nomal distance between any two points ; norm is needed two to calculate the couple moment

parthkohli · Answer

Sentence usage in math: Dividing by zero is not a norm.

parthkohli · Answer

Or here if you are talking about college algebra: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm_(mathematics)

amistre64 · Answer

the fat guy at the end of the bar on the show "cheers"

lgbasallote · Answer

if i recall it has something to do with teachers

anonymous · Answer

A function in vector space. It matches every vector with a real number. It is defined by:
1) being never negative
2) triangular equation works for it
3) if it's zero then the argument vector is zero

lgbasallote · Answer

it is alsothe name of dr doofenschmirtz's pet robot

anonymous · Answer

I don't understand the concept of norm (related to vectors)

theviper · Answer

@woundedtiger40 http://mathworld.wolfram.com/VectorNorm.html

anonymous · Answer

It's really just a function. it can be anything, it just must meet certain conditions. really, anything you can think of, just meet the conditions. it's actually very abstract.

anonymous · Answer

@TheViper  thanks, in this link in first property |x|, is it the determinant of x matrix?

anonymous · Answer

@TheViper  u there?

anonymous · Answer

it's not. (sorry, he is not answering, so i thought i will)