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Distributive law for ordinal multiplication

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Ordinal multiplication is distributive in its right argument:
α(β+γ)=αβ+αγ.
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Indeed a sequence of copies of α indexed by the concatenation of β and γ is the concatenation of the two sequences of copies. The other distributive law fails: (1+1)ω=ω, while ω+ω>ω.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2017 / ii / Paper 2 / 14H / iii / Solution
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