To illustrate the associative law of vector addition, we will draw a diagram involving three vectors, A, B, and C. The associative law states that when adding three vectors, the way in which the vectors are grouped does not affect the resultant vector
so the question arises of how to lock ranges where such an organization is employed. A little reflection reveals that a bounded-disorder index lends itself to the type of range locking in which the lockable ranges are in a sense independent of the key-value population: the lockable ranges can...