To use it in math mode you could simply use a \foreach outside a tikzpicture. This would require the pgffor package (only if you're not using Tikz already):
\documentclass[]{article}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{pgffor}
\newcommand{\repsum}[3]{%
\foreach \i in {01,...,#1}{
\ifnum\i>0\ifnum\i>1
+ #2_{\i} #3_{\i}
\else
#2_{\i} #3_{\i}
\fi
}
}
\begin{document}
\begin{equation*}
\mathbf{F}\bullet\mathbf{u} = \repsum{9}{F}{u}
\end{equation*}
\end{document}

