Real Multiplication is Associative

Theorem
The operation of multiplication on the set of real numbers $$\R$$ is associative.

Proof
From the definition, the real numbers are the set of all equivalence classes $$\left[\!\left[{\left \langle {x_n} \right \rangle}\right]\!\right]$$ of Cauchy sequences of rational numbers.

Let $$x = \left[\!\left[{\left \langle {x_n} \right \rangle}\right]\!\right], y = \left[\!\left[{\left \langle {y_n} \right \rangle}\right]\!\right], z = \left[\!\left[{\left \langle {z_n} \right \rangle}\right]\!\right]$$, where $$\left[\!\left[{\left \langle {x_n} \right \rangle}\right]\!\right]$$, $$\left[\!\left[{\left \langle {y_n} \right \rangle}\right]\!\right]$$ and $$\left[\!\left[{\left \langle {z_n} \right \rangle}\right]\!\right]$$ are such equivalence classes.

From the definition of real multiplication, $$x \times y$$ is defined as $$\left[\!\left[{\left \langle {x_n} \right \rangle}\right]\!\right] \times \left[\!\left[{\left \langle {y_n} \right \rangle}\right]\!\right] = \left[\!\left[{\left \langle {x_n \times y_n} \right \rangle}\right]\!\right]$$.

Thus we have:

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