Compute the outer product

Given the vectors $\bf{u}$ and $\bf{v}$, and the scalars $\textrm{a}$ and $\textrm{b}$, compute the outer product ${\bf w} = \textrm{a} {\bf u} \otimes \textrm{b} {\bf v}$

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u = [0.376, 0.932, 0.671, 0.773];
v = [0.574, 0.057, 0.876, 0.296];
a = 3;
b = 8;

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import numpy as np

u = np.array([0.376, 0.932, 0.671, 0.773])
v = np.array([0.574, 0.057, 0.876, 0.296])
a = 3
b = 8

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from sympy import *

u = Matrix([0.376, 0.932, 0.671, 0.773])
v = Matrix([0.574, 0.057, 0.876, 0.296])
a = 3
b = 8

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Compute the outer product

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