# Symbol for multiple convolution [closed]

I would like to type convolution of the same function m times:

$\underbrace{g \ast g \ast \ldots \ast g}_{m}$


but I am looking for some more compact for, something like sum or product of m functions. Do you know of something like that?

## closed as primarily opinion-based by Werner, Troy, Martin Schröder, Stefan Pinnow, Au101Dec 25 '17 at 1:40

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You can use a circled asterisk, \circledast from amssymb, and also create a custom symbol for convolution big operator for a different notation, like this

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{graphicx}

\newcommand{\Conv}{%
\mathop{\scalebox{1.5}{\raisebox{-0.2ex}{$\circledast$}}
}
}

\begin{document}

$g_1 \circledast g_2 \circledast \cdots \circledast g_n=\Conv_{i=1}^{n} g_i$

$\underbrace{g \circledast g \circledast \cdots \circledast g}_{m}=g^{\circledast m}$

\end{document}

• thanks a lot, I have already made something like this, based on what I was told by others \mathop{\scalebox{1.5}{\raisebox{-0.7ex}{\makebox[0.5\width][r]{$\ast$}}}}\limits^{m}_{l=0} – Avec Dec 26 '17 at 17:14
• That is a nice solution as well. Thank you for accepting my answer. – Cragfelt Dec 27 '17 at 7:19

This seems compact enough:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{ amsmath}

\begin{document}

$\underbrace{g \ast g \ast\dots\ast g}_{m}\stackrel{\text{def}}{=} g^{\ast m}$%

\end{document}


• Why not dots instead of ldots? – daleif Dec 24 '17 at 16:10
• @daleif: You're right. I didn't change the O.P.'s code since it was asked for a compact notation. – Bernard Dec 24 '17 at 17:46