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Lemma·L46

The embedding preserves addition and multiplication

The embedding of the naturals into the integers turns sums into sums and products into products.

For , with from D057:
In words
Embedding two natural numbers and then adding them as integers gives the same result as adding them as naturals and then embedding; likewise for multiplying.
Never needed: F03 · F04 · F05 · F06 · F08 · F10 · F11 · F12 · F13 · A03 · A04 · A05 · A07 · A08 (computed from the citation graph, not asserted).

Proof

  1. 1
    by D058. Since (D027), this is .
  2. 2
    by D060. Since and (L11), and (L12, L11), the first coordinate is and the second is (D027). So .

Remarks

Makes a ring homomorphism from into (T23); combined with injectivity (L42) and order-preservation (L49), sits inside as a faithful, structure-preserving copy. Used throughout Bezout's identity to move the division algorithm's equation from into .

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