Description: Multiplication is an
operation on the complex numbers. This axiom tells
us that is
defined only on complex numbers which is analogous to
the way that other operations are defined, for example see subf 8528
or
eff 12430. However, while Metamath can handle this
axiom, if we wish to work
with weaker complex number axioms, we can avoid it by using the less
specific mulcl 8306. Note that uses of ax-mulf 8302 can be eliminated by using
the defined operation  

  in place
of
, as seen in mpomulf 8316.
This axiom is justified by Theorem axmulf 8236. (New usage is discouraged.)
(Contributed by NM, 19-Oct-2004.) |