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<h1 id="function-multiply">Function multiply <a href="#function-multiply" title="Permalink">#</a></h1>
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Multiply two or more values, `x * y`.
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For matrices, the matrix product is calculated.
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<h2 id="syntax">Syntax <a href="#syntax" title="Permalink">#</a></h2>
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```js
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math.multiply(x, y)
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math.multiply(x, y, z, ...)
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```
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<h3 id="parameters">Parameters <a href="#parameters" title="Permalink">#</a></h3>
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Parameter | Type | Description
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--------- | ---- | -----------
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`x` | number | BigNumber | Fraction | Complex | Unit | Array | Matrix | First value to multiply
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`y` | number | BigNumber | Fraction | Complex | Unit | Array | Matrix | Second value to multiply
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<h3 id="returns">Returns <a href="#returns" title="Permalink">#</a></h3>
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Type | Description
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---- | -----------
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number | BigNumber | Fraction | Complex | Unit | Array | Matrix | Multiplication of `x` and `y`
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<h3 id="throws">Throws <a href="#throws" title="Permalink">#</a></h3>
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Type | Description
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---- | -----------
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<h2 id="examples">Examples <a href="#examples" title="Permalink">#</a></h2>
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```js
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math.multiply(4, 5.2) // returns number 20.8
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math.multiply(2, 3, 4) // returns number 24
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const a = math.complex(2, 3)
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const b = math.complex(4, 1)
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math.multiply(a, b) // returns Complex 5 + 14i
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const c = [[1, 2], [4, 3]]
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const d = [[1, 2, 3], [3, -4, 7]]
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math.multiply(c, d) // returns Array [[7, -6, 17], [13, -4, 33]]
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const e = math.unit('2.1 km')
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math.multiply(3, e) // returns Unit 6.3 km
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```
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<h2 id="see-also">See also <a href="#see-also" title="Permalink">#</a></h2>
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[divide](divide.html),
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[prod](prod.html),
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[cross](cross.html),
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[dot](dot.html)
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