hermann on Wed, 07 Feb 2024 17:07:00 +0100


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how to determine normal vector for points on a plane in ℤ³


I want to determine the normal vector of points in ℤ³ that I know by construction are on same plane.

Just learned how to do that with JSCAD "plane.fromPoints()", but while the first example result looks OK, null vector as normal vector in 2nd example does not make sense:
https://discord.com/channels/775984095250612234/914627480512503829/1204797915433013289

Since I generated the JSCAD code from PARI/GP, I would like to determine the normal vector for say these vertices from above thread (with screenshot there) in PARI/GP: [[-1, -3, -1], [0, -3, -1], [1, -3, -1], [-2, -2, -1], [-1, -2, -1], [0, -2, -1], [1, -2, -1], [2, -2, -1], [-3, -1, -1], [-2, -1, -1], [-1, -1, -1], [0, -1, -1], [1, -1, -1], [2, -1, -1], [3, -1, -1], [-3, 0, -1], [-2, 0, -1], [-1, 0, -1], [0, 0, -1], [1, 0, -1], [2, 0, -1], [3, 0, -1], [-3, 1, -1], [-2, 1, -1], [-1, 1, -1], [0, 1, -1], [1, 1, -1], [2, 1, -1], [3, 1, -1], [-2, 2, -1], [-1, 2, -1], [0, 2, -1], [1, 2, -1], [2, 2, -1], [0, 3, -1], [1, 3, -1]]

I would say that normal vector should be either [0,0,1] or [0,0,-1].

Which builtin PARI/GP function that can determine the normal vector for points on a plane in ℤ³?

Regards,

Hermann.