Why are dot products scalar (in the general sense) if seen from an intuitive point of view ? i am not asking about a particular case like kinetic energy or work but a i want the answer for general dot products
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and also http://physics.stackexchange.com/q/107089/ http://physics.stackexchange.com/q/111866/ – ProfRob Feb 22 '16 at 13:08
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Because we wanted a scalar value. – Carl Witthoft Feb 22 '16 at 13:31
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You should note that this is a defintion. – Omar Nagib Feb 22 '16 at 17:38