unit vector concept
| Definition | A vector of length one, a pure direction. Any nonzero vector becomes one when divided by its length. Primer L, equation L.2. |
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| Example | (3, 4) has length 5, so its unit vector is (0.6, 0.8). |
| Book | Data Mining as Observation, draft 0.2, commit f3914f0; entry id unit-vector, kind concept. |
| Status | no ledger row names this entry. Corrections: none recorded. |
| Defining equation | Book equation L.2. |
| Assumptions and scope | none |
| Prior art | none recorded |
| Evidence | none |
| Reviewed | semantic review 2026-09-09; generated 2026-09-10 from records at the commits on the provenance page. |
Equation
Book equation L.2.
\[\|x\|=\sqrt{x_1^{2}+\cdots+x_d^{2}},\qquad u=\frac{x}{\|x\|},\qquad \|u\|=1.\]
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First stated
Primer L section L.1 of Data Mining as Observation, added in draft 0.3 (2026-09-09) for the ECE 514 readers whose first courses are far behind. The idea is standard and TSK Appendix A covers it at length.
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Used in
Data Mining as Observation primer L.
Related
vector; length, norm; projection; cosine.
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Status
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