Properties of Multiplication

Properties of Multiplication
Multiplication (often denoted by the cross symbol "") is the mathematical operation of scaling one number by another. It is one of the four basic operations in elementary arithmetic (the others being addition, subtraction and division).Because the result of scaling by whole numbers can be thought of as consisting of some number of copies of the original, whole-number products greater than 1 can be computed by repeated addition; for example, 3 multiplied by 4 (often said as "3 times 4") can be calculated by adding 4 copies of 3 together. Educators differ as to which number should normally be considered as the number of copies, and whether multiplication should even be introduced as repeated addition.[1] For example 3 multiplied by 4 can also be calculated by adding 3 copies of 4 together.Multiplication of rational numbers (fractions) and real numbers is defined by systematic generalization of this basic idea.Multiplication can also be visualized as counting objects arranged in a rectangle (for whole numbers) or as finding the area of a rectangle whose sides have given lengths (for numbers generally). The area of a rectangle does not depend on which side you measure first, which illustrates that the order numbers are multiplied together in doesn't matter.Multiplication is also defined for other types of numbers (such as complex numbers), and for more abstract constructs such as matrices. For these more abstract constructs, the order that the operands are multiplied in sometimes does matter. Know More About :- Identity Property of Addition

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Properties:-For the natural numbers, integers, fractions, and real and complex numbers, multiplication has certain properties: 1. Commutative property:- The order in which two numbers are multiplied does not matter: 2. Associative property:-Expressions solely involving multiplication are invariant with respect to order of operations: 3. Distributive property:-Holds with respect to multiplication over addition. This identity is of prime importance in simplifying algebraic expressions: 4. Identity element:-The multiplicative identity is 1; anything multiplied by one is itself. This is known as the identity property: 5. Zero element:-Any number multiplied by zero is zero. This is known as the zero property of multiplication.Zero is sometimes not included amongst the natural numbers.There are a number of further properties of multiplication not satisfied by all types of numbers. 6. Negation:-Negative one times any number is equal to the opposite of that number.Negative one times negative one is positive one.The natural numbers do not include negative numbers. 7. Inverse element:-Every number x, except zero, has a multiplicative inverse, , such that .The natural numbers and integers do not have inverses. 8. Order preservation:-Multiplication by a positive number preserves order: if a > 0, then if b > c then ab > ac. Multiplication by a negative number reverses order: if a < 0 and b > c then ab < ac. The complex numbers do not have an order predicate.Other mathematical systems that include a multiplication operation may not have all these properties. For example, multiplication is not, in general, commutative for matrices and quaternions.ne may also consider products of infinitely many terms; these are called infinite products. Notationally, we would replace n above by the lemniscate . The product of such a series is defined as the limit of the product of the first n terms. Read More About :- Degree of a Polynomial

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