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@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ A lightweight, from-scratch, object-oriented Python package implementing classic
 
 - Minimal `Matrix` / `Vector` classes
 - `@` operator for **matrix multiplication**
-- `*` for **scalar**–matrix multiplication
+- `*` for **scalar**-matrix multiplication
 - `.T` for transpose
 - Forward / backward substitution helpers
 - Norms, dot products, row/column access