算术乘法定义方式的推广.PDF

算术乘法定义方式的推广 参赛队员：赵易非 指导老师： 肖恩利 学校：复旦大学附属中学 Generalization of the Definition Method of the Arithmetic Multiplication Preface According to Van der Waerden, the sum of two natural numbers is defined as x ⋅1 x + x y x y x ⋅ =⋅ +   (for every x and every y) The product of two natural numbers is recursively defined as x ⋅1 x + x ⋅y x =⋅y +x   (for every x and every y) + + x (y ) x (y ) here means the successor(consequent) of in the set of natural numbers. (Algebra)  Apparently, the product here uniquely depends on how the sum works. The generalization of this product is thus based on the substitution of addition, the sum here. Then the question arose. What result will emerge if we change the addition of natural numbers into a normal arithmetic binary operation? Inspired by the substitution of original addition, we are going to define an order of arithmetic binary operation in the following text (Sometimes we call the original addition of natural numbers of 1-order, and therefore the multiplication of 2-order and so on. Actually it is an instinctive perception rather than a well-defined mathematical theory. However, to change the addition into a binary operation and generalize the multiplication provides a tool to clarify this so-called order. If we call one binary operation of i-order, we may treat it as an addition and hence define a multiplication according to the mentioned recursive definition and then call it (i+1)-order. By using the same method, we