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Vectors: planes, normals and distances

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Left: plane patch contains A and R; position arrows a from O to A and r from O to R, in-plane directions b and c, and displacement AR=lambda b+mu c. Right: a nonzero normal n is perpendicular to in-plane AB, giving (b−a) dot n=0 and r dot n=a dot n.
Left: plane patch contains A and R; position arrows a from O to A and r from O to R, in-plane directions b and c, and displacement AR=lambda b+mu c. Right: a nonzero normal n is perpendicular to in-plane AB, giving (b−a) dot n=0 and r dot n=a dot n.
Left: plane patch contains A and R; position arrows a from O to A and r from O to R, in-plane directions b and c, and displacement AR=lambda b+mu c. Right: a nonzero normal n is perpendicular to in-plane AB, giving (b−a) dot n=0 and r dot n=a dot n.
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