Your highschool diploma should be enough, if its not then go to a nearby technical college and take some calculouse courses, and specifically see if there are math courses geared for engineers or computer science majors.

Possibility

If you are not mathematically adept, you will probably have a tough time actually understanding the math you are seeking.

So...

Go to school.

Highschool: Take all the math they allow. Do not settle for them putting you in intermediate level classes. Take the advanced classes. You certainly can cover alot of vector and some matrix stuff here. Especially in calculus.

College: Mathematics degree covers it for sure. Computer degree from an engineering school should cover it. Other engineering degrees are likely to cover some of it. At least, vector math. Everybody uses vectors! A computer degree from a business school would not cover it. Neither will the math requirements for most other degrees. Any calculus course probably gives a taste.

Or...

Steal from the web. You can probably get a vector and matrix class based on what you find. Maybe a quaternion class, too. Problems from text books (with answers) will help you debug. You can also find lots of examples of when to use the classes.

Personally, I did school (a master''s in computer science (and math) from an engineering school) and I steal from the web.

I''ve patented the dot and cross product everyone. Just letting you know so that you can start sending me my checks. Muhahaha!

Mike Roberts
aka milo
mlbobs@telocity.com