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minus-squarethe_beber@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 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-squareMBM@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months ago or *, if I want to write it explicitly and have no convolution in the expression But why
minus-squarethatsTheCatch@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-26 months ago‘*’ is commonly used for multiplication in computer programming, so it’s probably that. Also in your calculator app
\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.But why
‘*’ is commonly used for multiplication in computer programming, so it’s probably that. Also in your calculator app