AI engineering glossary · Linear algebra
What is vector addition?
Vector addition: Combining two vectors of the same length by adding their matching components. Geometrically it places one arrow at the tip of the other and draws the arrow from the start to the end.
Vector addition: an example
[2, 5] + [1, -3] = [3, 2].
Related terms
More Linear algebra terms
- Vector space
- Whitening transformation
- Affine transformation
- Augmented matrix
- Basis
- Batch matrix multiplication
- Change of basis
- Characteristic polynomial
Where you learn it
Vector addition is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.