Re: i,j,k things.

[Hanna Rudnicki <hrudnicki@LINCOLNSCHOOL.ORG>]

Ludwik Kowalski wrote:

> I am not proposing to change anything. Only to
> recognize that the word "unit" means a different
> thing here. Would you agree? We multiply scalars
> by i, j and k in order to create vectors. What would
> be a better name for i, j and k?
> Ludwik Kowalski


When I took "Analytical Geometry " course in my freshman year at
Jagiellonian U. in Krakow about 30 years ago, we used term "versor" for
i,j,k. Has anybody else used this terminology or was it strictly local
"Polish notation"?




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