Dot Operator
⋅
Type it
| Unicode | U+22C5 | |
|---|---|---|
| LaTeX | \cdot | |
| HTML entity | ⋅ | |
| Character | ⋅ |
Meaning
A centred dot that means multiplication. With vectors it denotes the dot product. Compare with Multiplication and Division.
How to read it
a ⋅ b
is read “a times b, or a dot b”.