diff --git a/src/basis.typ b/src/basis.typ index da5bc01..f1c07d1 100644 --- a/src/basis.typ +++ b/src/basis.typ @@ -536,8 +536,8 @@ using the word "determinant" in place of "basis". #recipe(title: [Recipe for computing the number of solutions to a system of equations])[ Suppose you are asked to find the number of solutions to a square system $ - a_11 x_1 + a_12 x_2 + ... + a_1n x_n &= b_1 \ - a_21 x_1 + a_22 x_2 + ... + a_2n x_n &= b_2 \ + a_11 x_1 + a_12 x_2 + ... + a_(1n) x_n &= b_1 \ + a_21 x_1 + a_22 x_2 + ... + a_(2n) x_n &= b_2 \ &dots.v \ a_(n 1) x_1 + a_(n 2) x_2 + ... + a_(n n) x_n &= b_n. $ diff --git a/src/vectors.typ b/src/vectors.typ index 14d65b4..c5021d1 100644 --- a/src/vectors.typ +++ b/src/vectors.typ @@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ But the sign carries a bit more information. detmat(x_2, x_1; y_2, y_1) = -"area". $ - In 3D, the convention follows the right-hand rule: - suppose vectors $bf(v)_1$, $bf(v)_2$, $bf(v)_3$ are given it that order. + suppose vectors $bf(v)_1$, $bf(v)_2$, $bf(v)_3$ are given in that order. Curl the fingers of your right hand from $bf(v)_1$ to $bf(v)_2$; then the signed volume is positive if your thumb points in the direction of $bf(v)_3$ (as in @fig-parallelepiped, for example) and negative otherwise.