# Unicode multiplication × and minus − signs could be recognized by Julia as the are by Google

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**Category:** Internals & Design\
**Created:** [September 9, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unicode-multiplication-x-and-minus-signs-could-be-recognized-by-julia-as-the-are-by-google/67955 "2021-09-09T20:10:12Z")\
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They are not the same

```julia
julia> using LinearAlgebra

julia> x = rand(5); y = rand(5);

julia> x ⋅ y
0.9319630238212403

julia> x * y
ERROR: MethodError: no method matching *(::Vector{Float64}, ::Vector{Float64})

```

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