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 +[[forcestorques|2. Balancing Forces and Torques]]
 +  * [[  2.1 Motivation and Outline| 2.1 Motivation and outline: forces are vectors ]]
 +  * [[  2.2 Sets| 2.2 Sets ]]
 +  * [[  2.3 Groups| 2.3 Groups ]]
 +  * [[  2.4 Fields| 2.4 Fields ]]
 +  * [[  2.5 Vector spaces| 2.5 Vector spaces ]]
 +  * [[  2.6 Physics application balancing forces| 2.6.  Physics application: balancing forces]]
 +  * ** 2.7 The inner product **
 +  * [[  2.8 Cartesian coordinates | 2.8 Cartesian coordinates]]
 +  * [[  2.9 Cross products --- torques| 2.9 Cross products — torques ]]
 +  * [[ 2.10 Worked example Calder's mobiles| 2.10 Worked example: Calder's mobiles ]]
 +  * [[ 2.11 Problems| 2.11 Problems ]]
 +  * [[ 2.12 Further reading| 2.12 Further reading ]]
 +
 +----
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 ===== 2.7 The inner product ===== ===== 2.7 The inner product =====
  
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 b)  linearity in the first argument:  b)  linearity in the first argument: 
-$\langle c \\mathbf v \mid \mathbf w \rangle = c \; \langle \mathbf v \mid \mathbf w \rangle$ \\ +$\langle c \odot \mathbf v \mid \mathbf w \rangle = c \; \langle \mathbf v \mid \mathbf w \rangle$ \\ 
-and $\langle \mathbf u \mathbf v \mid \mathbf w \rangle = \langle \mathbf u \mid \mathbf w \rangle + \langle \mathbf v \mid \mathbf w \rangle$\\+and $\langle \mathbf u \oplus \mathbf v \mid \mathbf w \rangle = \langle \mathbf u \mid \mathbf w \rangle + \langle \mathbf v \mid \mathbf w \rangle$\\
  
 c)  positivity:  c)  positivity: 
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 Conjugate symmetry and linearity for the first argument imply the following relations for the second argument Conjugate symmetry and linearity for the first argument imply the following relations for the second argument
 \begin{align*} \begin{align*}
-    \langle \mathbf v \mid c \\mathbf w \rangle +    \langle \mathbf v \mid c \odot \mathbf w \rangle 
-    &= \overline{\langle c \\mathbf w \mid \mathbf v \rangle}+    &= \overline{\langle c \odot \mathbf w \mid \mathbf v \rangle}
     = \bar{c} \;\overline{\langle \mathbf w \mid \mathbf v \rangle}     = \bar{c} \;\overline{\langle \mathbf w \mid \mathbf v \rangle}
     = \bar{c} \; \langle \mathbf v \mid \mathbf w \rangle     = \bar{c} \; \langle \mathbf v \mid \mathbf w \rangle
 \end{align*} \end{align*}
 \begin{align*}  \begin{align*} 
-    \langle \mathbf u \mid \mathbf v \\mathbf w \rangle +    \langle \mathbf u \mid \mathbf v \oplus \mathbf w \rangle 
-    &= \overline{\langle \mathbf v \mathbf w \mid \mathbf u \rangle}+    &= \overline{\langle \mathbf v \oplus \mathbf w \mid \mathbf u \rangle}
     = \overline{\langle \mathbf v \mid \mathbf u \rangle} + \overline{\langle \mathbf w \mid \mathbf u \rangle}     = \overline{\langle \mathbf v \mid \mathbf u \rangle} + \overline{\langle \mathbf w \mid \mathbf u \rangle}
     = \langle \mathbf u \mid \mathbf v \rangle + \langle \mathbf u \mid \mathbf w \rangle     = \langle \mathbf u \mid \mathbf v \rangle + \langle \mathbf u \mid \mathbf w \rangle
 \end{align*} \end{align*}
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