public static bool Perpendicular(VectorF64 a, VectorF64 b)
{
// Smallest normalized float : 1.1754943e-38
// Smallest normalized double: 2.2250738585072020e-308
double nonZeroThreshold = 1.0e-38; // conservative for double
// double: (52+1)-bit mantissa; log10(2^53)=15.95 decimal digits
double fractionalDifferenceThreshold = 1.0e-14; // conservative
if ((null == a) || (null == b))
{
return (false); // Vector is not specified.
}
if ((null == a.components) || (null == b.components))
{
return (false); // Vector is empty.
}
if (a.Dimensions() != b.Dimensions())
{
return (false); // Vectors not the same size.
}
double lengthA = a.Length();
if (lengthA <= nonZeroThreshold)
{
return (false);
}
double lengthB = b.Length();
if (lengthB <= nonZeroThreshold)
{
return (false);
}
double zeroImpliesPerpendicular =
Math.Abs(VectorF64.Dot(a, b)) / (lengthA * lengthB);
double absoluteDifferenceFromZero =
Math.Abs(zeroImpliesPerpendicular);
if (absoluteDifferenceFromZero <= fractionalDifferenceThreshold)
{
return (true);
}
return (false);
}
public static double Length(VectorF64 a)
{
if (null == a)
{
return (0.0); // Vector not specified.
}
if (null == a.components)
{
return (0.0); // Vector is empty.
}
return (a.Length());
}
