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The cross product is applied using the command ''dot''. Because of the commutative law the order of the arguments doesn't matter.
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The cross product is applied using the command ''cross''. The commutative law does not hold. So the direction of the resulting vector depends on the order of the arguments.
  
 
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The cross product is applied using the command cross. The commutative law does not hold. So the direction of the resulting vector depends on the order of the arguments.

Matlab-va-cross.png