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Natural Number Laws

For all natural numbers x, y, z, we have:

x + 0 = x,
x * 1 = x,
x + y = y + x,
x * y = y * x,
x + (y + z) = (x + y) + z,
x * (y * z) = (x * y) * z,
x * (y + z) = (x * y) + (x * z),
x <= x,
(x <= y /\  y <= x) => x = y,
(x <= y /\  y <= z) => x <= z.

Author: Wolfgang Schreiner
Last Modification: November 16, 1999

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