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Essential Math for Games Our Friend the Dot Product Jim Van Verth (jim@) So… Why The Dot Product? Probably the single most important vector operation The Ginzu? knife of graphics It slices, it dices, it has 1001 uses Understanding is a 3-D sword… So Define Utilize Background Assume you know something about vectors Will be skipping some steps for time Just follow along What is the Dot Product? One of a class of vector functions known as inner products Means that it satisfies various axioms Useful for dot product math Definition #1: Coordinant-Free In Euclidean space, define dot product o