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<h1 id="function-cross">Function cross <a href="#function-cross" title="Permalink">#</a></h1>

Calculate the cross product for two vectors in three dimensional space.
The cross product of `A = [a1, a2, a3]` and `B = [b1, b2, b3]` is defined
as:

   cross(A, B) = [
     a2 * b3 - a3 * b2,
     a3 * b1 - a1 * b3,
     a1 * b2 - a2 * b1
   ]

If one of the input vectors has a dimension greater than 1, the output
vector will be a 1x3 (2-dimensional) matrix.


<h2 id="syntax">Syntax <a href="#syntax" title="Permalink">#</a></h2>

```js
math.cross(x, y)
```

<h3 id="parameters">Parameters <a href="#parameters" title="Permalink">#</a></h3>

Parameter | Type | Description
--------- | ---- | -----------
`x` | Array &#124; Matrix | First vector
`y` | Array &#124; Matrix | Second vector

<h3 id="returns">Returns <a href="#returns" title="Permalink">#</a></h3>

Type | Description
---- | -----------
Array &#124; Matrix | Returns the cross product of `x` and `y`


<h3 id="throws">Throws <a href="#throws" title="Permalink">#</a></h3>

Type | Description
---- | -----------


<h2 id="examples">Examples <a href="#examples" title="Permalink">#</a></h2>

```js
math.cross([1, 1, 0],   [0, 1, 1])       // Returns [1, -1, 1]
math.cross([3, -3, 1],  [4, 9, 2])       // Returns [-15, -2, 39]
math.cross([2, 3, 4],   [5, 6, 7])       // Returns [-3, 6, -3]
math.cross([[1, 2, 3]], [[4], [5], [6]]) // Returns [[-3, 6, -3]]
```


<h2 id="see-also">See also <a href="#see-also" title="Permalink">#</a></h2>

[dot](dot.html),
[multiply](multiply.html)