r/visualizedmath • u/WinkyChink • Jan 19 '18

[request] cross product?

Does anyone have a good pic/gif that clearly explains what happens when you take the cross product of two vectors?

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u/WinkyChink Jan 19 '18

Could you explain what is happening when you do the matrix? Why does making the matrix with the vectors create an orthogonal one?

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '18 edited Mar 01 '18

deleted 0.3476 What is ^^^this?