Normalization and magnitude of a vector. [closed]

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What is difference between normalization and magnitude of a vector. We compute them with same formula but i don't know any geometric difference between them. Please help me on this. Regards

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You normalize a vector by dividing it by its magnitude.

I.e., for a vector $v$, $\|v\|$ is the magnitude of $v$, and $\frac{v}{\|v\|}$ is the normalization of vector $v$.

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In case you have some confusion regarding Normalization and Norm of a vector (I guess you don't) check here...

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You may find this link useful. It gives a good visualisation of the two.

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