title: Matrix scalar multiplication
body: <p>Is there a more 'mathematical' way to do the following:</p>
  
  <pre><code>1.2738 * (list_of_items)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So for what I'm doing is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[1.2738 * item for item in list_of_items]
  </code></pre>