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Is this set closed under multiplication C = {0, 1, 3} explain why or why not. Please help right now!!! :(

User Pppig
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A set
X is closed under multiplication if for any two elements of
X, say
a,b\in X, we also have their product
ab\in X. (
a and
b can be the same element)

The set
C=\{0,1,3\} is not closed, because 3*3=9 does not belong to
C.

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