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[–] the_beber@lemm.ee 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

\cdot for matrix multiplication and the dot product, \times for cross product and nothing (or *, if I want to write it explicitly and have no convolution in the expression) for regular multiplication.

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

or *, if I want to write it explicitly and have no convolution in the expression

But why

[–] thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

'*' is commonly used for multiplication in computer programming, so it's probably that. Also in your calculator app

[–] thisfro@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 months ago

This is the way

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

** for power?

[–] the_beber@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

^ for power. ** is usually in a programming setting (but it‘s usually a method and not an operator there.)