Posted by sally on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 12:08am.
(u − v) • (u − v) = u•u + v•v -2u•v
Is what you get by multiplying out the dot products.
For the equation
(u − v) • (u − v) = u•u + v•v
To be valid, u•v must be zero, so u and v must be perpendicular. In that case the triangle formed by u, v and the hypotenuse u -v is a right triangle and the left side is the square of the hypotenuse, as required by the Pythagorian theorem.
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