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Distributive

Distributivity is the property of a multiplication * satisfying both the right and left distributive laws. A multiplication is said to be right distributive if

(x+y)z=xz+yz

for every x, y, and z. Similarly, it is said to be left distributive if

z(x+y)=zx+zy

for every x, y, and z.

For example, the real numbers R are distributive.

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References

Schafer, R. D. An Introduction to Nonassociative Algebras. New York: Dover, p. 1, 1996.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Distributive." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Distributive.html

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