On associativity and commutativity (Q1434085)

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On associativity and commutativity
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    On associativity and commutativity (English)
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    1 July 2004
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    Mathematicians of the past needed a rather long time to understand that commutativity, and even more associativity, are ``non-obvious'' properties for calculations. The author gives in an interesting way algebraic as well as philosophical explanations for this fact, and additionally intends to argue for a natural ranking which counts associativity as even more fundamental than commutativity.
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    philosophy of mathematics
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    basic laws of computation
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    associativity
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    commutativity
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