numpy.linalg.cross#

linalg.cross(x1, x2, /, *, axis=-1)[source]#

Returns the cross product of 3-element vectors.

If x1 and/or x2 are multi-dimensional arrays, then the cross-product of each pair of corresponding 3-element vectors is independently computed.

This function is Array API compatible, contrary to numpy.cross.

Parameters:

x1array_like

The first input array.

x2array_like

The second input array. Must be compatible with x1 for all non-compute axes. The size of the axis over which to compute the cross-product must be the same size as the respective axis in x1.

axisint, optional

The axis (dimension) of x1 and x2 containing the vectors for which to compute the cross-product. Default: -1.

Returns:

outndarray

An array containing the cross products.

See also

numpy.cross