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I got little confused about the following thing when I was revisiting vector. Suppose we have set up a two dimensional co-ordinate system. Then when I simply say point (1,1), then it's simply a point ( something like scalar thing). But when I am drawing an arrow from origin to that point, it is vector now. The same thing when we changed our way of looking has turned from similar-to-scalar to a vector. Somehow, I think I have understood it incorrectly. Thanks.

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    Both of these are graphic representations of mathematical objects. A vector is an element of a vector space — nothing more and nothing less. So a point $(1,1)$ can be interpreted as a vector in the vector space $\Bbb R^2$ or as a point in the plane $\Bbb R^2$. It's a matter of perspective. – pancini Sep 10 '20 at 06:38
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    Some previous discussion – angryavian Sep 10 '20 at 06:46

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