Definition
In mathematics, an operation is a function that takes as input a fixed number of elements of a set and returns an element of the same set. For example, addition on real numbers is an operation that accepts two real numbers and returns a real number. In general, the input values may be called "operands" or "arguments". The number of operands is the arity of the operation. The arity is usually one of .
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