In mathematics, vector algebra may mean:

  • The operations of vector addition and scalar multiplication of a vector space
  • The algebraic operations in vector calculus (vector analysis) – including the dot and cross products of 3-dimensional Euclidean space
  • Algebra over a field – a vector space equipped with a bilinear product
  • Any of the original vector algebras of the nineteenth century, including
  • Quaternions
  • Tessarines
  • Coquaternions
  • Biquaternions
  • Hyperbolic quaternions