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    Addition

    Definition · applies to numbers and vectors · also called $+$, sum

    Elementary

    Addition is a way to combine the number of items in two groups of items to find the total number of items.

    Undergraduate

    Addition is a binary operation, written $+$, that is associative and commutative and has an identity element $0$, as on numbers, vectors, matrices, and functions.

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    Updated: October 30, 2026

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