Linear Algebra Symbols

Symbol	Symbol Name	Meaning / definition	Example
·	dot	scalar product	a · b
×	cross	vector product	a × b
A⊗B	tensor product	tensor product of A and B	A ⊗ 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^T	transpose	matrix transpose	(A^T)_ij = (A)_ji
A^†	Hermitian matrix	matrix conjugate transpose	(A^†)_ij = (A)_ji
A^*	Hermitian matrix	matrix conjugate transpose	(A^)_ij* = (A)_ji
A^-1	inverse matrix	A A^-1 = I
rank(A)	matrix rank	rank of matrix A	rank(A) = 3
dim(U)	dimension	dimension of matrix A	rank(U) = 3

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