Symbols:Vector Algebra/Scalar Product
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Scalar (Dot) Product
- $\cdot$
$\mathbf x \cdot \mathbf y$ means the dot product of $\mathbf x$ and $\mathbf y$, a binary operation on two vectors which produces a scalar.
The $\LaTeX$ code for \(\mathbf x \cdot \mathbf y\) is \mathbf x \cdot \mathbf y .
Also see
See:
for other uses of this symbol.
Sources
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Appendix: Table $7$: Common signs and symbols: scalar product
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Appendix $14$: Symbols