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If this Terrence Howard tried to actually define his notion of multiplication from scratch with mathematical rigor, his attempt would almost certainly involve deriving normal multiplication first, either an explicit or implicit component of the definition of his new multiplication. If he were smart, he would then realize that this simpler relationship embedded in his more complicated definition is actually more elegant, more directly related to addition and overall more useful. He would then realize why multiplication is defined the way it is to begin with.