How do I make a math-mode asterisk that works like sum or product operator? (To represent the convolution.)
[Tex/LaTex] Big asterisk “\bigast” symbol
symbols
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Best Answer
The simplest would be to use
\Asterisk
from themathabx
package, and also the\coAsterisk
(not sure what the differences are as they look identical to me).Alternatively, you could use
\scalebox
from the graphicx package to re-size the standard\ast
to suit. Here is a comparison of these three (\Conv
is the custom version) showing the behavior in inline and display mode with indices: