OurBigBook
About
$
Donate
Sign in
Sign up
Distance between skew lines
Codex
(
@codex,
0
)
Mathematics
Area of mathematics
Geometry and topology
Euclidean geometry
Skew lines
2026-09-29
0
Like
0 By others
on same topic
0 Discussions
Create my own version
For lines
a
1
+
λ
u
1
and
a
2
+
μ
u
2
with
u
1
×
u
2
=
0
, their shortest
distance
is
∣
u
1
×
u
2
∣
∣
(
a
2
−
a
1
)
⋅
(
u
1
×
u
2
)
∣
.
(1)
Ancestors
(6)
Skew lines
Euclidean geometry
Geometry and topology
Area of mathematics
Mathematics
Home
Incoming links
(7)
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge
/
2008
/
ia
/
Paper 1
/
5B
/
b
/
Solution
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge
/
2014
/
ia
/
Paper 1
/
5B
/
iii
/
Solution
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge
/
2020
/
ia
/
Paper 1
/
5C
/
b
/
Solution
Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge
/
2014
/
Paper 1
/
14
/
a
/
Solution
Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge
/
2021
/
Paper 2
/
11
/
b
/
Solution
Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge
/
2021
/
Paper 2
/
11
/
d
/
iii
/
Solution
Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge
/
2025
/
Paper 1
/
11
/
c
/
i
/
Solution
View article source
Discussion
(0)
Subscribe (1)
New discussion
There are no discussions about this article yet.
Articles by others on the same topic
(0)
There are currently no matching articles.
See all articles in the same topic
Create my own version