multiplication sign
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If a multiplication sign is used — it depends.
From New York Times
Joshua Zucker then proposed a number of follow-on questions, including: “What if player 2 must use exactly one multiplication sign, but may use one set of parentheses?”
From New York Times
Putting the multiplication sign inside the parens accomplishes nothing, as once the multiplication is done, it is all straight addition from there, regardless of the order.
From New York Times
Page 222—multiplication sign changed to plus—"... but the sum of the digits 1 + 8 = 9."
From Project Gutenberg
It will have been noticed that a multiplication sign is placed in front of the names of "hybrid genera," but after the generic name in the case of hybrids within a single genus; further details on this point are given later.
From Project Gutenberg
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