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Vectors are fundamental mathematical objects used to represent quantities that have both magnitude and direction. They are widely used in various fields such as physics, engineering, computer graphics, and machine learning. A vector can be thought of as an arrow in space, where the length of the arrow represents the magnitude and the direction of the arrow indicates the direction of the vector.

In two-dimensional space, a vector is typically represented as an ordered pair of numbers (x, y), where x and y are the components of the vector along the x-axis and y-axis, respectively. In three-dimensional space, a vector is represented as an ordered triplet (x, y, z), where z is the component along the z-axis. Vectors can also be represented in higher-dimensional spaces.

Vectors can be added and subtracted component-wise. For example, the sum of two vectors (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) is (x1 + x2, y1 + y2). Scalar multiplication involves multiplying each component of the vector by a scalar value. The dot product of two vectors is a scalar value obtained by multiplying corresponding components and summing the results. The cross product of two vectors in three-dimensional space results in a new vector that is perpendicular to both original vectors.

Vectors have numerous applications. In physics, they are used to describe forces, velocities, and accelerations. In computer graphics, vectors are used to represent points, directions, and transformations. In machine learning, vectors are used to represent data points and model parameters. The concept of vectors is also extended to vector spaces, which are sets of vectors that can be added and scaled according to the rules of vector addition and scalar multiplication.