What's the maths symbol for alternation of product and sums?

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Is there a mathematics symbol for referring to the equation below?

(((((((((((100*y-x) *y-x) *y-x) *y-x) *y-x) *y-x) *y-x) *y-x) *y-x) *y-x) *y-x) *y-x = 0, x = 9.8

I've tried using capital sigma and capital PI but both of them can't seem to be able to express the above equation.

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Depending on your context and needs you can either view it as iteration of a function: $$ f^{12}(100) \qquad\text{where }f(z)=zy-x $$

or you can apply the distributive law and get $$ 100y^{12} - xy^{11} - xy^{10} - \cdots - xy^2 - xy - x $$

which after a bit more rearrangement becomes $$ 100y^{12} - x\frac{y^{12}-1}{y-1} $$