Mixed product
From Encyclopedia of Mathematics
of vectors $\mathbf{a},\mathbf{b},\mathbf{c}$
The inner product of the vector $\mathbf{a}$ by the vector product of $\mathbf{b}$ and $\mathbf{c}$: $$ [\mathbf{a},\mathbf{b},\mathbf{c}] = \mathbf{a} \times (\mathbf{b} \cdot \mathbf{c}) $$
See Vector algebra.
Comments
The phrase scalar triple product also occurs instead of mixed product.
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Mixed product. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Mixed_product&oldid=14108
Mixed product. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Mixed_product&oldid=14108