Definition:Scalar Multiplication/Module

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Definition

Let $\struct {G, +_G, \circ}_R$ be an module (either a left module or a right module or both), where:

$\struct {R, +_R, \times_R}$ is a ring
$\struct {G, +_G}$ is an abelian group.


The operation $\circ: R \times G \to G$ is called scalar multiplication.


Also known as

Some sources refer to scalar multiplication as exterior multiplication.


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