Am Di., 13. Okt. 2020 um 23:35 Uhr schrieb Arthur A. Gleckler
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> On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 1:00 PM Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen <xxxxxx@nieper-wisskirchen.de> wrote:
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>> Nevertheless, when we impose a coordinate system on our space (which
>> we usually do to do actual calculations) we can represent a vector by
>> its coordinate vector because a coordinate system identifies the
>> abstract space with, in the case of classical astronomy, R^3. By
>> allowing arbitrary dimensions, a coordinate vector, therefore, matches
>> a Scheme vector with real numbers as entries quite well.
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> Sure, but "a Scheme vector with real numbers as entries" is a small subset of the type of Scheme vector.  It's a very limited perspective.

That's why my explanation didn't stop there.

What is common with a Scheme vector and the usual meaning of a vector
is that a "vector" is a fixed set of values whose meanings are
determined separately (e.g. by a coordinate system, the algorithm,
whatever convention, etc.). In other words, etymologically it makes
sense to name a record whose fields are indexed by natural numbers a
vector, which is exactly what Scheme has been doing.