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I agree with the rest of the answers, that \cdot is the way to have multiplication represented by a dot, as seem to be usual in many countries. However, I would suggest that when dealing with a notation that is language, country or region specific, you define your own command. In this case you can for example do \let\times\cdot in the preamble of your document. That way, if your document ever ...
Apr 8, 2011 · Have a look at “How to look up a math symbol?” for ideas how you can easily find a particular symbol.
In mathematics, the operators provided on keyboard are quite clear for addition, subtraction and divide: + - /. The multiplication sign * might be familiar as the multiplication for programmer, bu...
Feb 10, 2020 · TeX and its various derivatives (such as LaTeX) distinguish between normal prose (text mode) and mathematics (math mode). The simplest and original way to switch between the two is to use the math switch, which is $. Here is a sample document to show you how it is typically used. This is some normal text, written in text-mode.
In the question's title, you mention \Pi as a possibility for creating a product symbol. Don't do it! Be sure to use the command \prod instead (with \limits if you absolutely have to set index of multiplication below the symbol).
May 27, 2011 · For vector-tensors it is element wise multiplication I don't know much about chemical notation (ask Joseph Wright) The center dot as decimal marker is only found in very old books or non-scientific literature. Because it can be confused with a multiplication sign is is not used in scientific literature any more.
Jun 28, 2015 · Yes I just need to insert a symbol ( multiply) and its looks great. – mark. Jun 27, 2015 at 4:48. Welcome to TeX.SX! Please make your code compilable (if possible), or at least complete it with \documentclass{...}, the required \usepackage 's, \begin{document}, and \end{document}. That may seem tedious to you, but think of the extra work it ...
Dec 29, 2012 · The Computer Modern font family (which is used by default in TeX and LaTeX) uses "tabular" numerals, i.e, they all have the same width. It thus doesn't matter for the case at hand if you write \phantom{1} or \phantom{8}. On the other hand, if one loadds a package that provides "proportional-spaced" numerals, this approach -- and virtually all others mentioned in the answers to the present ...
I was mostly intending to put it here as a reference, so it could be found more easily. But the problem I have has been solved by @Henri's answer.. so perhaps I'll rephrase the question and google will find it for those seeking 'multiplication symbol'.
Sep 26, 2019 · I would greatly appreciate advice on the approved approach to providing a multiplication symbol in text. For example: The diameter of the sun is $107 \\times$ that of the Earth. The diameter of the...
