Mathematical Operations and Their Arities Quiz

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Match the following arity types with their definitions:

Binary operation = Operations of arity 2 Unary operation = Operations of arity 1 Nullary operation = Operations of arity zero Ternary operation = Operations of arity 3

Match the following terms with their types of operations:

Addition = Binary operation Additive inverse = Unary operation Multiplication = Binary operation Mixed product = Ternary operation

Match the following descriptions with their types of operations:

Involves one input value = Unary operation Involves two input values = Binary operation Involves three input values = Ternary operation Involves zero input values = Nullary operation

Match the following types of operations with their examples:

<p>Unary operation = Additive inverse Binary operation = Multiplication Nullary operation = Constant Ternary operation = Mixed product</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the following operation types with their characteristics:

<p>Finitary operations = Operations of finite arity Infinitary operations = Operations with infinite arity Partial operation = Defined similarly to an operation, but with a partial function Commonly studied operations = Unary and binary operations</p> Signup and view all the answers