Linear Algebra Symbols

a ∙ b
a × b
A ⊗ B

Symbol

Symbol Name

Meaning / definition

∙

dot

scalar product

cross

vector product

A⊗B

tensor product

tensor product of A and B

$\langle x,y \rangle$

inner product

[ ]

brackets

matrix of numbers

( )

parentheses

matrix of numbers

| A |

determinant

determinant of matrix A

det(A)

determinant

determinant of matrix A

|| x ||

double vertical bars

norm

A^†

Hermitian matrix

matrix conjugate transpose

A^-1

inverse matrix

A A^-1 = I

rank(A)

matrix rank

rank of matrix A

dim(U)

dimension

dimension of matrix A

Linear Algebra