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=== Syntax === | === Syntax === | ||
Outer Product differs from all other [[monadic operator]]s, which are written as a single [[glyph]], with the operand on the left. For [[backwards compatibility|historical reasons]], the outer product operator is a [[bi-glyph]] denoted as <syntaxhighlight lang=apl inline>∘.</syntaxhighlight>, and its operand appears on the right. This special notation is derived from the <syntaxhighlight lang=apl inline>f.g</syntaxhighlight> notation of [[inner product]]:<ref>[[Adin Falkoff|Falkoff, A.D.]] and [[Ken Iverson|K.E. Iverson]]. [https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/APL360TerminalSystem1.htm#ip The APL\360 Terminal System: Inner and Outer Products]. Research Report RC-1922. [[ | Outer Product differs from all other [[monadic operator]]s, which are written as a single [[glyph]], with the operand on the left. For [[backwards compatibility|historical reasons]], the outer product operator is a [[bi-glyph]] denoted as <syntaxhighlight lang=apl inline>∘.</syntaxhighlight>, and its operand appears on the right. This special notation is derived from the <syntaxhighlight lang=apl inline>f.g</syntaxhighlight> notation of [[inner product]]:<ref>[[Adin Falkoff|Falkoff, A.D.]] and [[Ken Iverson|K.E. Iverson]]. [https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/APL360TerminalSystem1.htm#ip The APL\360 Terminal System: Inner and Outer Products]. Research Report RC-1922. IBM [[Watson Research Center]]. 1967-10-16.</ref> | ||
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The result of an inner product is an array with rank two less than the sum of the argument ranks. The result of an outer product, on the other hand, is always an array of rank equal to the sum of the argument ranks. This follows from the fact that the reduction operation, which collapses two dimensions in an inner product, is not used in the outer product. The notation for outer product reflects this by canonically using a small circle as the first symbol. Thus, the ordinary outer product is written as <code>a∘.×b</code> . | The result of an inner product is an array with rank two less than the sum of the argument ranks. The result of an outer product, on the other hand, is always an array of rank equal to the sum of the argument ranks. This follows from the fact that the reduction operation, which collapses two dimensions in an inner product, is not used in the outer product. The notation for outer product reflects this by canonically using a small circle as the first symbol. Thus, the ordinary outer product is written as <code>a∘.×b</code> . | ||