# \times

The × symbol (Multiplication sign, U+00D7), written as \times in LaTeX math mode.

https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/times

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Binary operators](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/binary-operators) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | × |
| Unicode | U+00D7 MULTIPLICATION SIGN |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\times
```

Takes no arguments.

## Common tasks

### How to write a multiplication cross

```latex
a\times b
```

[Open in Playground](https://play.texform.dev/?input=a%5Ctimes+b)

### How to write a Cartesian product

```latex
A\times B
```

[Open in Playground](https://play.texform.dev/?input=A%5Ctimes+B)

### How to write a cross product of vectors

\times is the cross; \cdot is the dot product.

```latex
\vec{u}\times\vec{v}
```

[Open in Playground](https://play.texform.dev/?input=%5Cvec%7Bu%7D%5Ctimes%5Cvec%7Bv%7D)

## Usage frequency

4.13% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 28 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+00D7 (MULTIPLICATION SIGN).