scalar triple product
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scalar triple product (plural scalar triple products)
(mathematics) The dot product of one of the three vectors with the cross product of the other two.
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Scalar triple product The scalar triple product (also called the box product or mixed triple product) is not really a new operator, but a way of applying the other two multiplication operators to three vectors.
The scalar triple product is sometimes denoted by (a b c) and defined as: : It has three primary uses.