cross product of two vectors


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Added by Jason Cowan on November 16, 1999 at 21:28:47:

(used to determine a vector perpindicular to a and b)

(aXb)=(a2b3-a3b2, a3b1-a1b3, ab2-a2b1)
where a and b are vectors and the values 1, 2, 3 represent components for the respective vector.