Proposition: 7.16: Natural Number Multiplication is Commutative
(Proposition 16 from Book 7 of Euclid's “Elements”)
If two numbers multiplying one another make some (numbers) then the (numbers) generated from them will be equal to one another.
* Let $A$ and $B$ be two numbers.
* And let $A$ make $C$ (by) multiplying $B$, and let $B$ make $D$ (by) multiplying $A$.
* I say that $C$ is equal to $D$.

Modern Formulation
see multiplication of natural numbers is commutative.
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