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Finite Product Notation in a Field

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Reason: New definition: finite product of a family indexed by an initial segment, in a field, defined by the iterated binary operation device. Mirrors the finite sum notation and replaces the real-only legacy product notation for new work.

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Let KK be a field, let nn be a natural number with successor map SS as in that definition, let [n][n] be the initial segment determined by nn, and let a:[n]→Ka:[n]\to K be a map, whose value at kk is written aka_{k}.

Let π:[n]→K\pi:[n]\to K be the map given by Existence and Uniqueness of Iterates of a Binary Operation for the multiplication of KK, that is, the unique map [n]→K[n]\to K with

π(1)=a1,π(S(m))=π(m) aS(m)whenever S(m)∈[n].\pi(1)=a_{1},\qquad \pi(S(m))=\pi(m)\,a_{S(m)}\quad\text{whenever }S(m)\in[n].

For j∈[n]j\in[n] the finite product of a1,…,aja_{1},\dots,a_{j} is

∏k=1jak=π(j).\prod_{k=1}^{j}a_{k}=\pi(j).
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