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Writhe the component of ` vec b` along ` vec adot`

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Component of `vec{b}` on `vec{a}` is

`{frac{vec{a} cdot vec{b}}{|a|}} hat{a}`

`={frac{(vec{a} cdot vec{b})}{|vec{a}|^{2}}} vec{a}`

`=frac{(vec{a} cdot vec{b}) vec{a}}{|vec{a}|^{2}}`
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