Times Symbol

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U+00D7
TeX
\times
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Usage

The times symbol is used in math to represent the cross product operator. Typically the symbol is used in an expression like this:

In plain language, this means take the cross product of the vector and the vector . Note, the times symbol is often used in elementary math as the multiplication operator. This site primarily uses the times symbol to represent the cross product operator.

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The asterisk, or *, is a symbol with various uses. In mathematics, it is commonly used to denote multiplication. It can also denote the convolution operation in signal processing and the complex conjugate in complex numbers.

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Cross Product

The cross product operates on two vectors and produces another vector as a result.