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Re: Calculate the included angle between two vectors [message #65981 is a reply to message #65976]

Thu, 09 April 2009 08:43

Pierre V.
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Registered: December 2006

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On Apr 9, 7:14 am, "dux...@gmail.com" <dux...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a function which can calculate the included angle between
> two three-dimensional vectors?
>
> jdu

Here's a simple solution. Assume v1 and V2 are each three-element
vectors of any magnitude. Compute the angle in degrees as follows:

angle = acos( transpose(v1)#v2 / sqrt(total(v1^2)) / sqrt(total
(v2^2)) ) * 180./!pi

Good luck.

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		Re: Calculate the included angle between two vectors By: jameskuyper on Fri, 10 April 2009 02:47
		Re: Calculate the included angle between two vectors By: duxiyu@gmail.com on Fri, 10 April 2009 02:15
		Re: Calculate the included angle between two vectors By: Chris[6] on Thu, 09 April 2009 10:41
		Re: Calculate the included angle between two vectors By: Pierre V. on Thu, 09 April 2009 08:43

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