• 0 Posts
  • 1 Comment
Joined 2 years ago
cake
Cake day: July 1st, 2023

help-circle
  • Most mathematicians, engineers, and scientists don’t use the asterisk symbol for multiplication. Most don’t write any symbol as it’s implicit. If they do use a symbol they would use a dot or x symbol (though never an actual x). In mathematics, the asterisk is mostly only used to represent convolutions.

    Most common:

    abc

    Less common:

    abc

    a × b × c

    Never:

    a * b * c

    While to most people this doesn’t really matter (and should feel free using * for multiplication). It shows someone with minimal formal experience in mathematics using this formula