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Vector addition (u+v)

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Vector addition is the vector space operation combining two vectors into their sum. It is commutative and associative, has the zero vector as identity, and distributes with scalar multiplication as specified by the vector space axioms. Coordinatewise addition describes it after choosing a basis.
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Vector sum (v+w)

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Vector addition
The vector sum of two vectors v,w is the vector v+w obtained by vector addition.

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