I think it‘s more about the latter; what humans can comprehend/percieve.
^
for power.
**
is usually in a programming setting (but it‘s usually a method and not an operator there.)
\cdot
for matrix multiplication and the dot product, \times
for cross product and nothing (or *
, if I want to write it explicitly and have no convolution in the expression) for regular multiplication.
I hate how cease and desist are essentially blackmail. Even if you did nothing wrong, you can still get fucked over by costs of a potential legal battle.
Tangentially related: Did you know, that it‘s technically also possible to reconstruct sound via smartphone accelerometers and there‘s no restrictions on which apps can use it. Have fun with this info (:
I choose to believe it. QED