>>>>> "SS" == Stephan Stiller <stephan.stil...@gmail.com> writes:
SS> I find × more common in the US. But it probably depends on the school SS> context or discipline/field. It is common, but I only experienced it in handwriting in k-6, (maybe k-8). In high school and at uni everyone used · or just juxtaposition. That is, when teaching arithmetic × was typical, but when teaching elementary algebra or higher math · was used. Digitalization and the prevalence of * in programming languages may, however, have had an impact on that tendency in the last mumble-mumble decades. ☺ -JimC -- James Cloos <cl...@jhcloos.com> OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6