$\huge \braket{f, g} $
Generalized [[Binary Operation]] between any two objects (notable example: [[Dot Product]]) that satifies the following rules:
$\large \begin{align}
\braket{ f_{1}+ f_{2}, g } &= \braket{f, g} + \braket{f_{2}, g} \\
\braket{kf, g} &= k\braket{f, g} \\
\braket{f, g} &= \braket{g, f} \\
\braket{f, f} &\ge 0\\
\end{align} $
- Must be [[Distributive]]
- Any [[Scalar]] can be pulled out of the product
- Must be [[Commutative]]
- The [[Operation]] between two of the same object must be greater or equal to 0.
>[!tip] Used in [[Fourier Decomposition]]