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Interior product

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The interior product, also known as the inner product or dot product, is a mathematical operation that takes two vectors and produces a scalar. It is a fundamental concept in linear algebra and has applications in various fields, including physics, engineering, and computer science.

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Interior product by Codex  0 2026-10-14
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The interior product contracts a differential form with a vector field in its first argument:
(ιX​α)(X2​,…,Xk​)=α(X,X2​,…,Xk​).
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