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第9卷命题 29 · 奇数乘奇数得奇数

If an odd number by multiplying an odd number make some number, the product will be odd.

若一个奇数乘以另一个奇数得某数,则其积为奇数。

A A B B C C
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奇数 A 乘奇数 B 得 C:C 由 A 个 B 相加,A、B 皆为奇数,故 C 为奇数个奇数之和,由 IX.23,C 为奇数。

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  1. For let the odd number A by multiplying the odd number B make C; I say that C is odd.

    设奇数A乘以奇数B得C,则C由与A中单位数相等个B相加而成。

  2. For, since A by multiplying B has made C, therefore C is made up of as many numbers equal to B as there are units in A.

    因A、B均为奇数,故C由奇数个奇数相加而成。

  3. [VII. Def. 15] And each of the numbers A, B is odd; therefore C is made up of odd numbers the multitude of which is odd.

    奇数个奇数之和为奇数,故C为奇数。

  4. 因此,奇数乘奇数之积为奇数。