Definition:Natural Number Multiplication/1-Based
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Definition
Let $\N_{>0}$ be the $1$-based natural numbers, axiomatized by:
\((\text A)\) | $:$ | \(\ds \exists_1 1 \in \N_{> 0}:\) | \(\ds a \times 1 = a = 1 \times a \) | ||||||
\((\text B)\) | $:$ | \(\ds \forall a, b \in \N_{> 0}:\) | \(\ds a \times \paren {b + 1} = \paren {a \times b} + a \) | ||||||
\((\text C)\) | $:$ | \(\ds \forall a, b \in \N_{> 0}:\) | \(\ds a + \paren {b + 1} = \paren {a + b} + 1 \) | ||||||
\((\text D)\) | $:$ | \(\ds \forall a \in \N_{> 0}, a \ne 1:\) | \(\ds \exists_1 b \in \N_{> 0}: a = b + 1 \) | ||||||
\((\text E)\) | $:$ | \(\ds \forall a, b \in \N_{> 0}:\) | \(\ds \)Exactly one of these three holds:\( \) | ||||||
\(\ds a = b \lor \paren {\exists x \in \N_{> 0}: a + x = b} \lor \paren {\exists y \in \N_{> 0}: a = b + y} \) | |||||||||
\((\text F)\) | $:$ | \(\ds \forall A \subseteq \N_{> 0}:\) | \(\ds \paren {1 \in A \land \paren {z \in A \implies z + 1 \in A} } \implies A = \N_{> 0} \) |
The operation $\times$ in this axiomatization is called multiplication.