Check the commutativity and associativity of the following binary… - Vidyadip

Question

Check the commutativity and associativity of the following binary operations:
'*' on N defined by a * b = 2^ab for all a, b ∈ N.

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Answer

Commutative: Let $\text{a, b}\in\text{N},$ Then

a * b = 2^ab = 2^ba = b * a

$\therefore$ a * b = b * a

$\therefore$ * is commutative on N.

Associative: Let $\text{a, b, c}\in\text{N},$ Then

$(\text{a}\ ^*\ \text{b}) *\ \text{c}=2^{\text{ab}}\ ^*\ \text{c}=2^{2{\text{ab}}.\text{c}}\ ...(\text{i})$

and, $\text{a}\ ^*\ (\text{b}\ ^*\ \text{c})=\text{a}\ ^*\ 2^{\text{bc}}=2^{\text{a}.2^{\text{bc}}}\ ....(\text{ii})$

From (i) and (ii), we get

$(\text{a}\ ^*\ \text{b})\ ^*\ \text{c}\neq\text{a}\ ^*\ (\text{b}\ ^*\ \text{c})$

$\therefore$ * is not associative on N.

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