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From: Geoffrey Irving (irving_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-09-14 21:49:13


On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 11:21:16AM +1000, Manfred Doudar wrote:
> > Same with inner_product. dot_product is way cooooler.
>
> If your dot product is indeed an inner product, then an inner_product
> is what you should call your op - being explicit rather than suggestive
> is always better (, sorry, just that my mathematics grounding makes me
> speak out on this one).

Actually, dot_product is more specific, and therefore a better name:

    http://mathworld.wolfram.com/InnerProduct.html

Geoffrey


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