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Rules for Arithmetic
What is a Number?
N = (1, 2, 3, . . .} = set of natural numbers = counting numbers
Peano’s Axioms
o 1 is a number
o Every natural number n has a successor n + 1
o 1 is not the successor of any natural number
o Different numbers have different successors
o Any set satisfying the above four axioms
is equivalent to N
Addition is Repeated Succession
o Commutivity and Associativity
o Whole Numbers = N 0 = N {additive identity}
o Integers = Z = N {additive inverses}
Multiplication is Repeated Addition
o Distributive Law
o Multiplicative Identity and Inverse
o Fractional Arithmetic on Q
Exponentiation is Repeated Multiplication
o Rules for Exponents
o Roots and Radicals
o R and C
Exercises:
# 1. Use the rules of arithmetic to calculate a 15% tip on a $28 check.
# 2. Use rules of arithmetic to calculate (a + b)2 and the value of 1222.
# 3. Use the field axioms to prove a*0 = 0 for every number a.
# 4. Use # 3 to explain why 0 cannot have a multiplicative inverse.