Category:Prosthaphaeresis

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This category contains results about Prosthaphaeresis.
Definitions specific to this category can be found in Definitions/Prosthaphaeresis.

Prosthaphaeresis is the process whereby multiplication and division are performed by:

$(1): \quad$ converting the numbers into a form where they can be added or subtracted
$(2): \quad$ performing the addition or subtraction
$(3): \quad$ converting the result back again, using the inverse process to step $(1)$.