The cross product is the vector product, and is not the same thing as an outer product. To me it is simply misnamed. That's an outer product there. The cross/vector product results in a vector, not a matrix.
On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Raphael Cendrillon <[email protected]> wrote: > I think the cross product is typically used to refer to the outer product, > while the dot product refers to the inner product. > > On Dec 25, 2011, at 2:51 PM, Ted Dunning <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This is misleading even if not strictly incorrect. In matrix terminology, >> outer product is definitely more commonly used.
