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Q.

Given two distinct nonzero vectors v1andv2 in 3 dimensions, define a sequence of vectors by  vn+2=vn×vn+1so  v3=v1×v2,v4=v2×v3  and  soon

Let,  S={vn/n=1,2,.....}and  U={vn|vn|/n=1,2,.....}.

(Note: Here × denotes the cross product of vectors and  v denotes the magnitude of the vector v. The vector 0 with 0 magnitude, if it occurs in S, is counted. But in that case of course the 0 vector is not considered while listing elements of U. number of elements in set S  is called cardinality of S ) which of the following statement(s) is/are True

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a

There exist vectors v1  and  v2 for which the cardinality of S is 2.

b

There exist vectors v1  and  v2 for which the cardinality of S is 3. 

c

Suppose that for some v1  and  v2, the set S is infinite. Then the set U.is also infinite

d

There exist vectors v1  and  v2 for which the cardinality of S is 4.

answer is B, C.

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It is easiest to do this geometrically, remembering that the cross product p×q of vectors p and q is perpendicular to both of them and |p×q|=|p||q| sin (angle between n p and q) =|p||q| if p and q are perpendicular. The cross product of nonzero vectors is zero if and only if the vectors are collinear. It is see that the only way the zero vector is S is if v3 is zero, which will happen only when the nonzero vectors  v1 and  v2 are collinear, and in that case the sequence is zero all the way from v3  onwards.
As the staring vectors  v1 and v2  are distinct and nonzero, the third vector  v3=v1×v2, being perpendicular to both v1 and v2 is distinct from them. This is true even if v3 is 0 due to v1 and v2  being collinear. So (a) false.

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