Times
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- This page describes the dyadic arithmetic function. For sign of a single argument, see Signum.
Times (×
), Multiply, or Product is a dyadic scalar function which gives the arithmetic product of its arguments. Times shares the glyph <source lang=apl inline>×</syntaxhighlight> with the monadic arithmetic function Signum.
Examples
A long, slow way to write <source lang=apl inline>!10</syntaxhighlight>, assuming <source lang=apl inline>⎕IO←1</syntaxhighlight>: <source lang=apl> ×/⍳10 </syntaxhighlight>
Properties
Multiplication is commutative and associative, but, due to floating point error, may result in small differences between mathematically equivalent expressions.
The identity element for Times is <source lang=apl inline>1</syntaxhighlight>.
Reduction
Reduction with Multiply gives the product of the whole list.
See also
External links
Documentation
- Dyalog
- APLX
- J Dictionary, NuVoc (as <source lang=j inline>*</syntaxhighlight>)
- BQN