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What offends me most about this is using the convolution operator * for multiplication in a typeset equation
I mean anybody can understand what it's trying to say. Almost anybody who actually does math though would just have no operators between those variables.
Any symbol can be chosen for any variable including operations. It depends entirely on context.
I doubt economists use the convolution operator in this context or probably ever.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterisk#Usage
Huh I didn't realize that economics have their own version of math /s
It's been a long time, but isn't this the default for the Graphical Formula Editor in Microsoft Word? (As in you could just use the * operator and word would print it as-is, not replace it with the multiplication sign)
I don't hate myself enough to use microsoft software, so idk