Ziglin

Yes (actually \ast though?), but unless you're a maniac in LaTeX latin letters referring to variables in a math environment are cursive (actually a math font I think). Therefore if I am reading a single sentence that may or may not have been made using TeX I tend towards not if variables are in a standard font.

I see multiplication in code, Cartesian product, multiplication, multiplication.

I might not count as a mathematician though. If the * was supposed to be convolution the a should have been cursive.

You aren't suggesting that not every child has a dinosaur fixation somewhere from ages 2-10?

I thought that they were a little smaller too

It actually specified for when going above numbers counted by fingers which for most people should be 2^9 if they don't want to break their fingers.