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Topic: Scalar multiplication by ℕ and by R in a module


Luiz Kazuo Takei (Nov 12 2025 at 23:29):

In a module M (that is, [Ring R] [AddCommGroup M] [Module R M]), we have two scalar multiplications: one by elements of and another one by elements of R.

Is there a theorem that says that those two scalar multiplications are the same (when viewing elements of as elements of R)? That is, how to complete the example below?

example [Ring R] [AddCommGroup M] [Module R M] (x : M) (n : ) :
    n  x = (n:R)  x := sorry

Robin Arnez (Nov 12 2025 at 23:34):

docs#Nat.cast_smul_eq_nsmul​?

Luiz Kazuo Takei (Nov 12 2025 at 23:39):

Thanks @Robin Arnez !


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