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minus-square@the_beber@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish11•edit-25 months ago\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.
minus-square@MBMlinkEnglish3•5 months ago or *, if I want to write it explicitly and have no convolution in the expression But why
minus-square@thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-25 months ago‘*’ is commonly used for multiplication in computer programming, so it’s probably that. Also in your calculator app
minus-square@the_beber@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months ago^ for power. ** is usually in a programming setting (but it‘s usually a method and not an operator there.)
\cdotfor matrix multiplication and the dot product,\timesfor cross product and nothing (or*, if I want to write it explicitly and have no convolution in the expression) for regular multiplication.But why
‘*’ is commonly used for multiplication in computer programming, so it’s probably that. Also in your calculator app
** for power?
^for power.**is usually in a programming setting (but it‘s usually a method and not an operator there.)This is the way