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<p>The sum <math>x + x\!</math> generally denotes no logical term.  But <math>x,_\infty + \, x,_\infty</math> may be considered as denoting some two <math>x\!</math>'s.</p>
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<p>The sum <math>x + x\!</math> generally denotes no logical term.  But <math>{x,}_\infty ~+~ {x,}_\infty</math> may be considered as denoting some two <math>x\!</math>'s.</p>
    
<p>It is natural to write:</p>
 
<p>It is natural to write:</p>
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<p>We may also use the antique figures so that:</p>
 
<p>We may also use the antique figures so that:</p>
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: <p>!2!.'x',<sub>&infin;</sub> = `2`'x'</p>
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<p>just as</p>
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| width="25%" align="right" | <math>\mathit{2}.{x,}_\infty</math>
 
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| width="10%" align="center"| <math>=\!</math>
: <p>!1!<sub>&infin;</sub> = `1`.</p>
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| width="25%" align="left"  | <math>\mathfrak{2}x</math>
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| <p>just as</p>
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| align="right"  | <math>\mathit{1}_\infty</math>
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| align="center" | <math>=\!</math>
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| align="left"  | <math>\mathfrak{1}</math>
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<p>Then `2` alone will denote some two things.</p>
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<p>Then <math>\mathfrak{2}</math> alone will denote some two things.</p>
    
<p>But this multiplication is not in general commutative, and only becomes so when it affects a relative which imparts a relation such that a thing only bears it to ''one'' thing, and one thing ''alone'' bears it to a thing.</p>
 
<p>But this multiplication is not in general commutative, and only becomes so when it affects a relative which imparts a relation such that a thing only bears it to ''one'' thing, and one thing ''alone'' bears it to a thing.</p>
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