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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=mathematics">mathematics</a>, a <a href="page.php?w=binary_operation">binary operation</a> is <b>commutative</b> if changing the order of the <a href="page.php?w=operand">operand</a>s does not change the result. It is a fundamental property of many binary operations, and many <a href="page.php?w=mathematical_proof">mathematical proof</a>s depend on it. Perhaps most familiar as a property of arithmetic, e.g. 1="3 + 4 = 4 + 3" or 1="2 × 5 = 5 × 2", the property can also be used in more advanced settings. The name is needed</p><p>
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