Question: Missing operation (multiplication) in 2D-Math

In 2-D Math input:
In a product of more than two factors space is not allways sufficient to delimite factors when one of the factors is of type numeric.

Just for my interest: Is there a reason or a rule for that?

2-D Math: space interpreted as multiplication

a*b*c

a*b*c

(1)

2*b*c

2*b*c

(2)

With numbers this does not work in these cases

"a 2 c"

Error, missing operation

"a 2 c"

 

"a b 2"

Error, missing operation

"a b 2"

 

Multiplication operators are required

"2 2 c"

 

2*a*c

2*a*c

(3)

2*a*b

2*a*b

(4)

NULL

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