Definition:Multiplication/Product
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Definition
Let $a \times b$ denote the operation of multiplication on two objects $a$ and $b$.
Then the result $a \times b$ is referred to as the product of $a$ and $b$.
Note that the nature of $a$ and $b$ has deliberately been left unspecified.
They could be, for example, numbers, matrices or more complex expressions constructed from such elements.
Sources
- 1974: Murray R. Spiegel: Theory and Problems of Advanced Calculus (SI ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $1$: Numbers: Real Numbers: $1$
- 1981: Murray R. Spiegel: Theory and Problems of Complex Variables (SI ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $1$: Complex Numbers: The Real Number System: $1$