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linear product

(definition)

Definition: For two vectors X and Y, and with respect to two suitable operations otimes and oplus is a vector Z=Z0 Z1 ... Zm+n where Zk=oplusi+j=kXi otimes Yj (k=0, ... , m+n).

Note: From Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, page 13-17, Copyright © 1999 by CRC Press LLC. Appearing in the Dictionary of Computer Science, Engineering and Technology, Copyright © 2000 CRC Press LLC.

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Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, CRC Press LLC, 1999, "linear product", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY) Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/linearprodct.html