Being lightweight is essential for space structures, particularly for tools used on already small, lightweight satellites. The ability to perform multiple functions is a bonus. To address these ...

A vector space is a special kind of set whose elements—vectors—are related to one another in a much more rigid way than a simple collection of points can be. A point tells you where you are.

“It’s an important problem because it’s one corner of a very deep analogy between sets and subsets on the one hand, and vector spaces and subspaces on the other,” said Peter Cameron of the University ...