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Multiplication

Multiplication is a binary operation defined as follows:

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We can can also look at the geometric construction of multiplication by using our coordinatization of the affine plane. We can see what multiplication of points on the diagonal looks like.

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Figure 5: Multiplication of diagonal points

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Proof:

  1. Both tex2html_wrap708 and tex2html_wrap709 are true by T2.
  2. If we are given a and b, tex2html_wrap710 is unique. If we are given a and c, then we have tex2html_wrap711 . With a combination of T1 and T3, this has a unique solution. If we are given b and c, we have tex2html_wrap712 by T1, and this has a unique solution by T3.

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Proof:

This is true by an application of T1.

Suppose tex2html_wrap714 . Then tex2html_wrap715 . But tex2html_wrap716 and tex2html_wrap717 . Thus tex2html_wrap718 implies either tex2html_wrap719 or b=0. Suppose a=0 or b=0. Then tex2html_wrap720 or tex2html_wrap721 . But These both equal 0, thus tex2html_wrap715


Faun Doherty
Tue Dec 16 16:17:26 MST 1997