Talk:Vector

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This page has been returned to service as the talk page for the article Vector by removing a redirect directive that was its only line.
It's unclear how it got to the situation it was in, especially since it was redirected to 
:Talk:Vector_(classical_mechanics)
which redirects to 
:Talk:Three-vector 
which redirects to 
:Talk:Vector_(spatial)
The last page's last 6 edits were on 3 consecutive days in early Aug, 2003, and one of them was commented "(I've been following the wacky page moves of the last two days with bemusement -- could someone step in and restore sanity please?)".
I arrive late on the scene, but i assume that only the most specialized and obscure points relating to the disamb. page Vector would be fruitful to take up there.
The links above will assist anyone who wants to visit any of those pages. --Jerzy 04:18, 11 Oct 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Vector can mean: ... In computer science[:] ... In operating systems, a memory location 
I am surprised at the idea of "vector" meaning "a memory location" in an operating system.  In contrast, i would consider quite plausible either of two uses where discussion of operating system design, or trouble-shooting informed by awareness of OS internals, could refer via the term vector, to much more specific ways of using main-memory space, and refering to it by address:
#A 1-D array containing one address per array element can be called a "fault vector" on the following logic: the Nth element of the array contains the address of an error handling routine suitable to the occurence of an error of the category designated as "fault type" N.  The array is a tuple of addresses, and a tuple in linear algebra is called a vector, so the array is a vector whose job is the handling of faults by the routines currently in effect for doing so.
#A single address-sized memory element could contain the address currently in effect for handling the error or errors of interest.  This single memory element is a vector in the sense that vectors have direction, and this element points to the start of the error routine, so the single element is a "fault vector". --Jerzy 04:18, 11 Oct 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  Doubt that "vector" means "memory location"; alternatives 

message: In Lisp (I believe, I'm just learning Lisp) a vector is not a dynamic array, but is fixed size. If this is correct, it'd be nice to see it mentioned next to the dynamic array link under computer science. 141.151.181.162 05:00, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lisp 

message: Okay, so here's the idea inefficiently expressed:
We're probably all familiar with the idea of a vector as “an ordered set of numbers”.  That's a pretty sloppy expression because, for example, it doesn't rule-out things such as putting the numbers into something isomorphic to a figure-eight, but that's not what the expression is intended to describe.  So bear in mind what it is intended to describe, and generalize that notion to one in which the elements might not be numbers.  That is the notion underlying the controversy here.
So, I'm open to an unambiguous and unconfusing expression that is very different from “linearly ordered set”.  But, however expressed, the definition should be included in the page. —SlamDiego←T 19:17, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: But “an ordered set of numbers” is a phrase that embodies that linguistic ambiguity that we are arguing about.  It can either mean in numerical order (that is, a set that has an order relationship, so that whatever is in the set can be put in order), or it can mean an indexed sequence, that is, at first number, a second number, etc., up to an Nth number, for some finite N.  That ambiguity is why we don't like the expression, and probably why it is rarely stated that way.  So find a better way to say what you mean, write it up, reference this way of describing it as well, and then put in a disambig item to that writeup.  No big deal. Dicklyon (talk) 22:51, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You need to look again at the comment to which you are replying.  I am requesting better wording, and you're replying to that by telling me that the wording ought to be better! —SlamDiego←T 23:03, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

text: Some places to look:    . Dicklyon (talk) 22:56, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, but, in the meantime, do you have some specific ideas about how to express the idea? —SlamDiego←T 23:03, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm just saying to see how some of those books express it.  If the word "ordered" is used, perhaps it doesn't just get paired with "set"?  It's sometimes called an "indexed collection"; possibly a "homogeneous indexed collection" if all the objects are of a uniform type.  These are data structure terms used in various computer languages that mean what your book meant by ordered set, I think.  Dicklyon (talk) 05:07, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alternate expression 

message: Are there an abundance of reliable sources that call an element of a vector space a "space-vector" or "spatial vector", as opposed to "vector"? If so, what are these sources? Why isn't either term mentioned on the vector space page? In the meantime, I took out those terms. --Steve (talk) 20:10, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Terms "Space-vector", "Spatial vector"? 

message: There is another (possibly accidental) dab page that probably should be merged to this page. Please comment at Talk:Vector (biology)#Merge disambiguation pages. Johnuniq (talk) 02:28, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge disambiguation pages

message: This page would be much better if it included the etymology of the word and how it connects mathematical vectors to biological vectors, etc. JKeck (talk) 13:37, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Unifying Factor? 

message: As a physics student, i am very much aware that there is a term, "vector", which refers to units (such as velocity and displacement) which have both direction and magnitude. Why didn't this definition of vector have a spot in this page? Is it simply because no one thought to add it, or is it an error that needs correcting?
Many thanks to any replies, just wondering. :)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Katehall101 (talk • contribs) 07:25, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Have a look to the top of the list. There is a section related to mathematics and physics with a link guiding to Vector %28mathematics and physics%29 --JuergenKlueser (talk) 14:51, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is there nothing in the vector page related to the physics term "Vector" 

message: An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Vector (skin). Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by MJL (talk • contribs) 18:11, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
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message: An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect :The Vector and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 February 21#The Vector until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  casualdejekyll 01:50, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
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message: The redirect Abstract vector has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached.  Hildeoc (talk) 00:57, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
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