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		<title>Binary operation - Revision history</title>
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		<id>https://dictionary.iucr.org/index.php?title=Binary_operation&amp;diff=4664&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>BrianMcMahon: Tidied translations.</title>
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				<updated>2017-11-28T17:03:19Z</updated>
		
		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Tidied translations.&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 17:03, 28 November 2017&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot; &gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;blue&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Loi de composition&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt; (''Fr''). &amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;red&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Zweistellige Verknüpfung&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt; (''Ge''). &amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;black&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Operazione binaria&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt; (''It''). &amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;brown&lt;/del&gt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Бинарная операция&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt; (''&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Ru&lt;/del&gt;''). &amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;purple&lt;/del&gt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;二項演算&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt; (''&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Ja&lt;/del&gt;''). &amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;green&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Operación binaria&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt; (''Sp'').&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;blue&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Loi de composition&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt; (''Fr''). &amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;red&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Zweistellige Verknüpfung&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt; (''Ge''). &amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;black&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Operazione binaria&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt; (''It''). &amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;purple&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;二項演算&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt; (''&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Ja&lt;/ins&gt;''). &amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;brown&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Бинарная операция&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt; (''&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Ru&lt;/ins&gt;''). &amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;green&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Operación binaria&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt; (''Sp'').&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>BrianMcMahon</name></author>	</entry>

	<entry>
		<id>https://dictionary.iucr.org/index.php?title=Binary_operation&amp;diff=4390&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>BrianMcMahon: Tidied translations.</title>
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				<updated>2017-11-09T16:00:40Z</updated>
		
		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Tidied translations.&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 16:00, 9 November 2017&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot; &gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;blue&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Loi de composition&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt; (''Fr''). &amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;red&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Zweistellige Verknüpfung&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt; (''Ge''). &amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;green&lt;/del&gt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Operación Binaria&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt; (''&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Sp&lt;/del&gt;''). &amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;brown&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Бинарная операция&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt; (''Ru''). &amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;black&lt;/del&gt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Operazione binaria&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt; (''&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;It&lt;/del&gt;''). &amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;purple&lt;/del&gt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;二項演算&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt; (''&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Ja&lt;/del&gt;''). &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;blue&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Loi de composition&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt; (''Fr''). &amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;red&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Zweistellige Verknüpfung&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt; (''Ge''). &amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;black&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Operazione binaria&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt; (''&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;It&lt;/ins&gt;''). &amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;brown&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Бинарная операция&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt; (''Ru''). &amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;purple&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;二項演算&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt; (''&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Ja&lt;/ins&gt;''). &amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;green&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Operación binaria&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt; (''&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Sp&lt;/ins&gt;'').&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>BrianMcMahon</name></author>	</entry>

	<entry>
		<id>https://dictionary.iucr.org/index.php?title=Binary_operation&amp;diff=3929&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>BrianMcMahon: Style edits to align with printed edition</title>
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				<updated>2017-05-12T12:48:55Z</updated>
		
		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Style edits to align with printed edition&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 12:48, 12 May 2017&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l4&quot; &gt;Line 4:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 4:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;A '''binary operation''' on a set ''S'' is a [[mapping]] ''f'' from the [[Cartesian product]] ''S × S'' to ''S''. A mapping from ''K x S'' to ''S'', where ''K'' need not be ''S'', is called an '''external binary operation'''.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;A '''binary operation''' on a set ''S'' is a [[mapping]] ''f'' from the [[Cartesian product]] ''S × S'' to ''S''. A mapping from ''K x S'' to ''S'', where ''K'' need not be ''S'', is called an '''external binary operation'''.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Many binary operations are commutative &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;(&lt;/del&gt;i.e. ''f(a,b) = f(b,a)'' holds for all ''a, b'' in ''S''&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;) &lt;/del&gt;or associative &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;(&lt;/del&gt;i.e.&amp;#160; ''f(f(a,b), c) = f(a, f(b,c))'' holds for all ''a,b,c'' in ''S''&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;)&lt;/del&gt;. Many also have identity elements and inverse elements. Typical examples of binary operations are the addition (+) and multiplication (*) of numbers and matrices as well as composition of functions or symmetry operations.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Many binary operations are commutative &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[''&lt;/ins&gt;i.e.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;'' &lt;/ins&gt;''f(a,b) = f(b,a)'' holds for all ''a, b'' in ''S''&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;] &lt;/ins&gt;or associative &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[''&lt;/ins&gt;i.e.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;'' &lt;/ins&gt; ''f(f(a,b), c) = f(a, f(b,c))'' holds for all ''a,b,c'' in ''S''&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;]&lt;/ins&gt;. Many also have identity elements and inverse elements. Typical examples of binary operations are the addition (+) and multiplication (*) of numbers and matrices as well as composition of functions or symmetry operations.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Examples of binary operations that are not commutative are subtraction (-), division (/), exponentiation(^), super-exponentiation(@)&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;, &lt;/del&gt;and composition.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Examples of binary operations that are not commutative are subtraction (-), division (/), exponentiation(^), super-exponentiation(@) and composition.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Binary operations are often written using infix notation such as ''a * b'', ''a + b''&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;, &lt;/del&gt;or ''a · b'' rather than by functional notation of the form ''f(a,b)''. Sometimes they are even written just by concatenation: ''ab''.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Binary operations are often written using infix notation such as ''a * b'', ''a + b'' or ''a · b''&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;, &lt;/ins&gt;rather than by functional notation of the form ''f(a,b)''. Sometimes they are even written just by concatenation: ''ab''.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Fundamental crystallography]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Fundamental crystallography]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>BerndSouvignier at 14:02, 1 April 2009</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;A '''binary operation''' on a set S is a &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;function &lt;/del&gt;''f'' from the [[Cartesian product]] S × S to S. A &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;binary function &lt;/del&gt;from K &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;and &lt;/del&gt;S to S, where K need not be S, is called an ''' external binary operation '''.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;A '''binary operation''' on a set &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;''&lt;/ins&gt;S&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;'' &lt;/ins&gt;is a &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[[mapping]] &lt;/ins&gt;''f'' from the [[Cartesian product]] &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;''&lt;/ins&gt;S × S&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;'' &lt;/ins&gt;to &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;''&lt;/ins&gt;S&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;''&lt;/ins&gt;. A &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;mapping &lt;/ins&gt;from &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;''&lt;/ins&gt;K &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;x &lt;/ins&gt;S&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;'' &lt;/ins&gt;to &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;''&lt;/ins&gt;S&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;''&lt;/ins&gt;, where &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;''&lt;/ins&gt;K&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;'' &lt;/ins&gt;need not be &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;''&lt;/ins&gt;S&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;''&lt;/ins&gt;, is called an '''external binary operation'''.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Many binary operations are commutative or associative. Many also have identity elements and inverse elements. Typical examples of binary operations are the addition (+) and multiplication (*) of numbers and matrices as well as composition of functions &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;on a single set&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Many binary operations are commutative &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;(i.e. ''f(a,b) = f(b,a)'' holds for all ''a, b'' in ''S'') &lt;/ins&gt;or associative &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;(i.e.&amp;#160; ''f(f(a,b), c) = f(a, f(b,c))'' holds for all ''a,b,c'' in ''S'')&lt;/ins&gt;. Many also have identity elements and inverse elements. Typical examples of binary operations are the addition (+) and multiplication (*) of numbers and matrices as well as composition of functions &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;or symmetry operations&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Examples of operations that are not commutative are subtraction (-), division (/), exponentiation(^), &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;and &lt;/del&gt;super-exponentiation(@).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Examples of &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;binary &lt;/ins&gt;operations that are not commutative are subtraction (-), division (/), exponentiation(^), super-exponentiation(@)&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;, and composition&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Binary operations are often written using infix notation such as a * b, a + b, or a · b rather than by functional notation of the form ''f&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;''&lt;/del&gt;(a,b). Sometimes they are even written just by &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;juxtaposition&lt;/del&gt;: ab.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Binary operations are often written using infix notation such as &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;''&lt;/ins&gt;a * b&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;''&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;''&lt;/ins&gt;a + b&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;''&lt;/ins&gt;, or &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;''&lt;/ins&gt;a · b&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;'' &lt;/ins&gt;rather than by functional notation of the form ''f(a,b)&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;''&lt;/ins&gt;. Sometimes they are even written just by &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;concatenation&lt;/ins&gt;: &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;''&lt;/ins&gt;ab&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;''&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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