Commutative
The term "commutative" refers to a property of certain mathematical operations, where the order of the operands does not change the result, and it has distinct meanings in various contexts.
Meanings
- Commutative (algebra): describing operations like addition and multiplication that yield the same result regardless of operand order
- Commutative (category theory): related to diagrams in category theory where the order of composition does not affect the result
- Commutative (logic): concerning logical operations that are insensitive to the order of their arguments