Question about star operation

[CacatuaAlan]

HI! Can the star operation be regarded as a feature coupling?

[ma-xu]

Hi, Sry for late reply.
Yes, it can be considered as a feature coupling or fusing operation.

[Nu1sance]

Is star operation also known as Hadamard product? Looking forward your reply!

[CacatuaAlan]

Hi, Sry for late reply. Yes, it can be considered as a feature coupling or fusing operation.

Thank you for your reply. I have another question is should the two branches of the Star operation be the same level? For example, the Plus operation is often used as a direct skip connection and they are not the same level.