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Say I have a set $S={1, 4, 10, 7}$. Could I then multiply $S$ by $3$? Would that then look like $3S={3, 12, 30, 21}$? Any help would be really appreciated.






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    Yes you could just define $$n{a_i}={na_i}$$
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    You can certainly take a set of numbers $S= {1,4,10,7}$ and say "Hey, I'm going to multiply every element by $3$ and get the set ${3,12,20,21}$ and I'm going to call that set $3S$". And you can say "I'm going to refer to that as multiplying a set by a number, any objections? No? Good."
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  • I'm not sure what is being asked here. You can most certainly do anything you want in maths (assuming logically valid). Are you asking about usefulness of this construction?
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Say I have a set $S={1, 4, 10, 7}$. Could I then multiply $S$ by $3$? Would that then look like $3S={3, 12, 30, 21}$? Any help would be really appreciated.






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    Yes you could just define $$n{a_i}={na_i}$$
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    You can certainly take a set of numbers $S= {1,4,10,7}$ and say "Hey, I'm going to multiply every element by $3$ and get the set ${3,12,20,21}$ and I'm going to call that set $3S$". And you can say "I'm going to refer to that as multiplying a set by a number, any objections? No? Good."
    – fleablood
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  • I'm not sure what is being asked here. You can most certainly do anything you want in maths (assuming logically valid). Are you asking about usefulness of this construction?
    – freakish
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Say I have a set $S={1, 4, 10, 7}$. Could I then multiply $S$ by $3$? Would that then look like $3S={3, 12, 30, 21}$? Any help would be really appreciated.






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Say I have a set $S={1, 4, 10, 7}$. Could I then multiply $S$ by $3$? Would that then look like $3S={3, 12, 30, 21}$? Any help would be really appreciated.






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    Yes you could just define $$n{a_i}={na_i}$$
    – clathratus
    2 hours ago






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    You can certainly take a set of numbers $S= {1,4,10,7}$ and say "Hey, I'm going to multiply every element by $3$ and get the set ${3,12,20,21}$ and I'm going to call that set $3S$". And you can say "I'm going to refer to that as multiplying a set by a number, any objections? No? Good."
    – fleablood
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  • I'm not sure what is being asked here. You can most certainly do anything you want in maths (assuming logically valid). Are you asking about usefulness of this construction?
    – freakish
    7 mins ago
















  • 2




    Yes you could just define $$n{a_i}={na_i}$$
    – clathratus
    2 hours ago






  • 3




    You can certainly take a set of numbers $S= {1,4,10,7}$ and say "Hey, I'm going to multiply every element by $3$ and get the set ${3,12,20,21}$ and I'm going to call that set $3S$". And you can say "I'm going to refer to that as multiplying a set by a number, any objections? No? Good."
    – fleablood
    2 hours ago










  • I'm not sure what is being asked here. You can most certainly do anything you want in maths (assuming logically valid). Are you asking about usefulness of this construction?
    – freakish
    7 mins ago










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Yes you could just define $$n{a_i}={na_i}$$
– clathratus
2 hours ago




Yes you could just define $$n{a_i}={na_i}$$
– clathratus
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You can certainly take a set of numbers $S= {1,4,10,7}$ and say "Hey, I'm going to multiply every element by $3$ and get the set ${3,12,20,21}$ and I'm going to call that set $3S$". And you can say "I'm going to refer to that as multiplying a set by a number, any objections? No? Good."
– fleablood
2 hours ago




You can certainly take a set of numbers $S= {1,4,10,7}$ and say "Hey, I'm going to multiply every element by $3$ and get the set ${3,12,20,21}$ and I'm going to call that set $3S$". And you can say "I'm going to refer to that as multiplying a set by a number, any objections? No? Good."
– fleablood
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I'm not sure what is being asked here. You can most certainly do anything you want in maths (assuming logically valid). Are you asking about usefulness of this construction?
– freakish
7 mins ago






I'm not sure what is being asked here. You can most certainly do anything you want in maths (assuming logically valid). Are you asking about usefulness of this construction?
– freakish
7 mins ago












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Sure, we sometimes for example denote the set of even integers by $2Bbb Z={dots,-4,-2,0,2,4,dots}$, while the set of integers is $Bbb Z={dots,-2,-1,0,1,2,dots}$.






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    Yes..you have already defined the operation..a scalar multiplication on a set.






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      Sure, we sometimes for example denote the set of even integers by $2Bbb Z={dots,-4,-2,0,2,4,dots}$, while the set of integers is $Bbb Z={dots,-2,-1,0,1,2,dots}$.






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        Sure, we sometimes for example denote the set of even integers by $2Bbb Z={dots,-4,-2,0,2,4,dots}$, while the set of integers is $Bbb Z={dots,-2,-1,0,1,2,dots}$.






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          Sure, we sometimes for example denote the set of even integers by $2Bbb Z={dots,-4,-2,0,2,4,dots}$, while the set of integers is $Bbb Z={dots,-2,-1,0,1,2,dots}$.






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