Hello Rich, I think, as with any other symbol, the meaning depends on the context. As of right now, I am doing my homework on differential topology, and the circled product represents the tensor product. I remember some other cases where circled operators were used to denote vector/matrix operations, as opposed to their scalar counterparts.
Cheers, ------------------------------ Pablo Diaz Gutierrez http://www.ics.uci.edu/~pablo Jabber ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Rich Shepard wrote: > I see the circled operators (circled plus, circled times, etc.) used in > mathematical equations, particularly with sets or logic operations. However, > I cannot find just what they mean. I've spent more than an hour in google > and all I can find is that they are, apparently, AMS symbols, and that they > can be represented in LaTeX by, for example, '\oplus'. This does not tell me > what sort of mathematical operation is represented. > > Does anyone have a pointer to an explanation for these symbols? > > Thanks, > > Rich > > -- > Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President > Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM) > <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> >
