Defining Direct Products in Exponents

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When the direct product is in the exponent of some variable, how is it defined?
 
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Like O(3) ^ direct product blah
 
You mean something like

[itex] <br /> G^{\otimes}<br /> [/itex]
? I never saw such a thing, but I would then guess it's a notation for

[itex] G \otimes G \otimes G \otimes \ldots \otimes G[/itex]

Does that make sense in your context? Otherwise you should give the exact expression in LaTeX :)
 
Nusc said:
When the direct product is in the exponent of some variable, how is it defined?

There seems to be confusion in this thread (at least for me).

Please write down clearly, completely, and precisely what you mean, or give a reference to a text or paper which uses the notation that you want want clarified.
 
haushofer said:
You mean something like

[itex] <br /> G^{\otimes}<br /> [/itex]

Something like that. What does it mean?
 
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Nusc said:
Something like that. What does it mean?

Do you mean "something like" or "exactly like"? You have to be precise.

Do you mean

[tex]\overset{k}{\otimes}V?[/tex]

This is standard notation for

[tex]V \otimes V \otimes \ldots \otimes V[/tex]

with [itex]V[/itex] repeated [itex]k[/itex] times.
 
It's the tensor product of N copies of rho.