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(I can't draw parentheses big enuf to encompass the next couple dozen lines.) (Start of Jerzy's virtual parentheses)
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
which redirects to
which redirects to
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) (End of Jerzy's virtual parentheses)
But my comment is more prosaic:
The article says in part
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:
I'd like to move the definitions and discussions on Vector to their individual pages so it can be a true disambiguation page without incoming links. Skeetch —Preceding undated comment added 19:40, 10 November 2003
There is a Linux distribution called vector Linux as well, I think that it is worthy of a mentioning. As, people call Debian GNU Linux as just Debian and Gentoo Linux as just Gentoo so it think that it is a good idea to add it onto this page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 20:39, 7 September 2005 ( talk • contribs) 84.92.106.157
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)
For an example of “vector” defined simply as ordered set, see Discrete Mathematical Structures by Kolman, Busby, and Ross. — SlamDiego ←T 22:26, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
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)
Ahem...
An ordered list of numbers: a tuple.
... qed... silly rabbit ( talk) 21:28, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
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)
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)
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)
Hi, rookie - apologies, but this page/concept_definition seemed to be dramatically inadequate, suggest mal-think/action. Surely this concept deserves better than that :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjalexand ( talk • contribs) 14:05, 27 May 2012
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)
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)
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)
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 Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 June 24 § Abstract vector until a consensus is reached. Hildeoc ( talk) 00:57, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
Disambiguation | ||||
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(I can't draw parentheses big enuf to encompass the next couple dozen lines.) (Start of Jerzy's virtual parentheses)
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
which redirects to
which redirects to
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) (End of Jerzy's virtual parentheses)
But my comment is more prosaic:
The article says in part
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:
I'd like to move the definitions and discussions on Vector to their individual pages so it can be a true disambiguation page without incoming links. Skeetch —Preceding undated comment added 19:40, 10 November 2003
There is a Linux distribution called vector Linux as well, I think that it is worthy of a mentioning. As, people call Debian GNU Linux as just Debian and Gentoo Linux as just Gentoo so it think that it is a good idea to add it onto this page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 20:39, 7 September 2005 ( talk • contribs) 84.92.106.157
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)
For an example of “vector” defined simply as ordered set, see Discrete Mathematical Structures by Kolman, Busby, and Ross. — SlamDiego ←T 22:26, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
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)
Ahem...
An ordered list of numbers: a tuple.
... qed... silly rabbit ( talk) 21:28, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
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)
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)
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)
Hi, rookie - apologies, but this page/concept_definition seemed to be dramatically inadequate, suggest mal-think/action. Surely this concept deserves better than that :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjalexand ( talk • contribs) 14:05, 27 May 2012
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)
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)
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)
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 Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 June 24 § Abstract vector until a consensus is reached. Hildeoc ( talk) 00:57, 24 June 2023 (UTC)