cross product

English

Etymology

Coined by American scientist Josiah Willard Gibbs in 1881.

Noun

cross product (plural cross products)

1. (linear algebra) A vector product.

   The cross product can be derived like so: given a pair of vectors $\xi$ and $\eta$, solve for a vector $\zeta$ which is perpendicular to both $\xi$ and $\eta$, i.e., whose dot product with both $\xi$ and $\eta$ is zero.

Derived terms

• bicrossproduct

 

Translations

vector product — see vector product