
Vektorja sta kolinearna natanko takrat, kadar je njun vektorski produkt enak $\overset{\rightharpoonup}{0}$.
Za bazne vektorje $\overset{\rightharpoonup}{i},\overset{\rightharpoonup}{j},\overset{\rightharpoonup}{k}$ velja:$$\overset{\rightharpoonup}{i}\times\overset{\rightharpoonup}{i}=\overset{\rightharpoonup}{j}\times\overset{\rightharpoonup}{j}=\overset{\rightharpoonup}{k}\times\overset{\rightharpoonup}{k}=\overset{\rightharpoonup}{0}$$ $$\overset{\rightharpoonup}{i}\times\overset{\rightharpoonup}{j}=\overset{\rightharpoonup}{k},\overset{\rightharpoonup}{j}\times\overset{\rightharpoonup}{k}=\overset{\rightharpoonup}{i},\overset{\rightharpoonup}{k}\times\overset{\rightharpoonup}{i}=\overset{\rightharpoonup}{j}$$
V nadaljevanju si bomo ogledali, kake lastnosti ima vektorski produkt.
Premisli, v katero smer kažeta vektorja $\overset{\rightharpoonup}{a}\times\overset{\rightharpoonup}{b}$ in $\overset{\rightharpoonup}{b}\times\overset{\rightharpoonup}{a}$.
Lastnosti vektorskega produkta
Izračunaj $(2\overset{\rightharpoonup}{a}-3\overset{\rightharpoonup}{b})\times (4\overset{\rightharpoonup}{a}+5\overset{\rightharpoonup}{b})$.