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3D Vector and Plane Exercises

This document contains definitions and exercises related to points and vectors in 3D computer graphics. It defines vectors, dot products, cross products, perpendicular vectors, unit vectors, and scalar multiplication. It includes exercises to calculate vector operations like addition, length, normalization, dot products, and cross products using given points and vectors. It also contains exercises on finding a normal vector to a plane defined by three points and verifying properties of cross products.

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3D Vector and Plane Exercises

This document contains definitions and exercises related to points and vectors in 3D computer graphics. It defines vectors, dot products, cross products, perpendicular vectors, unit vectors, and scalar multiplication. It includes exercises to calculate vector operations like addition, length, normalization, dot products, and cross products using given points and vectors. It also contains exercises on finding a normal vector to a plane defined by three points and verifying properties of cross products.

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Lab 1: Points and vectors

3D Computer Graphics

Exercise 1
Given are two vectors u = (2, 1, 1) and v = (1, 3, 2) and two points P = (2, 1, 5) and Q = (1, 3, 4). a) Compute 2u + 3v. b) Compute the length of u. c) Reverse u. d) Normalize v. e) Compute the dot product of u and v. f) Compute the cross product of u and v. g) Compute the vector w from point P to point Q.

Denition
Two vectors u and v are perpendicular if the angle between them is 90 .

Denition
A unit vector is a vector with length = 1.

Exercise 2
a) What is the dot product of two perpendicular vectors a and b? b) What is the length of the cross product of two perpendicular unit vectors u and v?

Exercise 3
Assume three points P = (2, 1, 5), Q = (1, 3, 4) and R = (1, 4, 3). There is a unique plane in 3D space which contains these three points. a) Find a unit vector u which is perpendicular to this plane.

b) Can you nd an easy way to determine whether a vector v points to the same side of this plane as u?

Exercise 4
Given a vector u = (ux , uy , uz ) and a positive real number c. Show that the length of the vector obtained by the scalar multiplication of u and c is equal to the length of u times c. |cu| = c|u|

Exercise 5
Assume two vectors u = (1, 0, 0) and v = (0, 1, 0). a) Draw these two vectors in a 3D coordinate system. b) Use the property of the cross product to determine u v. c) Verify your answer to b) by explicitly calculating the cross product of u and v.

Exercise 6
Is the following statement true or false? For any two 3D vectors u and v holds the property that u v = v u.

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