Symbols:Vector Algebra/Cross Product
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Cross Product
- $\times$
$\mathbf x \times \mathbf y$ means the cross product of $\mathbf x$ and $\mathbf y$, a binary operation on two vectors of a $3$-dimensional vector space which produces another such vector.
The $\LaTeX$ code for \(\mathbf x \times \mathbf y\) is \mathbf x \times \mathbf y .
Deprecated Symbols
Cross Product
- $\wedge$
Some authors use $\mathbf A \wedge \mathbf B$ to mean $\mathbf A \times \mathbf B$, that is, the vector cross product.
The $\LaTeX$ code for \(\wedge\) is \wedge .
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: vector product
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Appendix $14$: Symbols