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The concept of a vector is basic for the study of functions of several variables. It provides geometric motivation for everything that follows. Hence the properties of vectors, both algebraic and geometric, will be discussed in full.
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Lang, S. (1987). Vectors. In: Calculus of Several Variables. Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1068-9_1
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