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No. The value of a vector is determined by the square root of the sum of its components squared. Value= Sqrt(x^2 + y^2 + z^2). The components of real vectors are real numbers and the square of a real number is a positive number. The sum of a positive and zeros is not zero but a positive.

Vectors were created by William Rowan Hamilton in 1843 when he created Quaternions. Quaternions consist of a real number and three vector numbers. The vectors are designated by i, j, k where i^2=j^2=k^2=ijk= -1. The square of a vector is a negative one . This used to be called an imaginary number. The components of vectors are real numbers, like v=2i + 3j -5k, the value of v = sqrt(4 + 9 + 25)=sqrt(38).

Complex numbers are a subset of quaternions involving one vector "i".

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