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Much work done on computers with vectors and matrices is approximation mathematics, and it is necessary to be able to say when one vector is near another, or when a vector is small, and similarly for matrices. For this purpose the idea of norm was introduced. In most cases the norm of a 1 -dimensional vector or matrix is the absolute value of the number.
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Todd, J. (1977). Norms of Vectors and Matrices. In: Basic Numerical Mathematics. ISNM International Series of Numerical Mathematics / Internationale Schriftenreihe zur Numerischen Mathematik / Série Internationale D’Analyse Numérique, vol 22. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7286-7_2
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