Word description Multiplies matrices on the final two axes and broadcasts leading batch axes. A left vector is promoted to a row, and a right vector to a column; the inserted axes are removed from the result. Two vectors produce a zero-rank dot product. Scalars and incompatible contraction dimensions are rejected. Empty contraction dimensions produce zeros. Inputs may be views; the result has fresh storage. This uses Factor arithmetic and does not conjugate complex inputs or call BLAS.