R/vorthogonal.R

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vorthogonal <- function(N){

	# http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/137362/how-to-find-perpendicular-vector-to-another-vector
	# FINDS RANDOM VECTOR PERPENDICULAR TO GIVEN VECTOR N

	if(N[1] == -1 && N[2] == 1 && N[3] == 0){
		T <- c(-N[2] - N[3], N[1], N[1])
	}else if(N[1] == 1 && N[2] == -1 && N[3] == 0){
		T <- c(-N[2] - N[3], N[1], 0)
	}else{
		T <- c(N[3], N[3], -N[1] - N[2])
	}

	T
}