projection of a vector: inner product A‧B, and cross productor AXB

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1. The inner product(which is a scale) is defined as $\vec{A}\cdot\vec{B}=|\vec{A}|\,|\vec{B}|\cos\theta$ ,
So projection of vector $\vec{A}$ into another direction $\vec{B}$ can be calculated as $\vec{C}=(\vec{A}\cdot \hat{B}) \hat{B}=(\vec{A}\cdot\frac{\vec{B}}{|\vec{B}|})\frac{\vec{B}}{|\vec{B}|}$

2. The cross product $\vec{D}=\vec{A}\times\vec{B}$ , $|\vec{D}|=|\vec{A}|\, |\vec{B}| \sin\theta$ where $\theta$ is the angle between $\vec{A}$ and $\vec{B}$

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