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How would you prove that given two 2D vectors in the $\vec{v} = \begin{bmatrix} v_{1} \\ v_{2} \\ \end{bmatrix}$ and $\vec{u} = \begin{bmatrix} u_{1} \\ u_{2} \\ \end{bmatrix}$

Then the sign of the dotproduct $ \vec{u}\cdot \vec{v}$.

Meaning in the following situation.

$\begin{matrix} \vec{u}\cdot \vec{v} < 0 \\ \vec{u}\cdot \vec{v} > 0 \\ \vec{u}\cdot \vec{v} = 0 \end{matrix}$

Directly influences the size of the angle $\theta$ between the vector?

where the dot product in 2d is defined. $\vec{u}\cdot \vec{v} =|\vec{u}|\cdot |\vec{v}| \cdot cos(\theta) $

It can simply be that the dot product is negativ if the angle is larger $\theta < 180 ^\circ$ and dotproduct is zero if the angle betwen the vector is 90 $^\circ$ and so on?

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  • $\begingroup$ since you know the relation between dot product and cos why ask? $\endgroup$
    – trula
    Commented Jun 16 at 17:45
  • $\begingroup$ The angle cannot be greater than $180^\circ$. But the sign of the dot product is the same as the sign of $\cos\theta$; does that help? $\endgroup$
    – David K
    Commented Jun 16 at 17:45
  • $\begingroup$ So the best why to argue for this just a series of examples? Need to show this to a group highschool students. $\endgroup$
    – Alpha2017
    Commented Jun 16 at 18:43
  • $\begingroup$ Just take $u = (1,0)$ and $v=(cos(\theta), sin(\theta)$. You can then draw the picture, do the simple math, interpret the formula for the inner product. $\endgroup$
    – M. Wind
    Commented Jun 17 at 4:29

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