YES Problem: *(x,*(y,z)) -> *(*(x,y),z) *(x,x) -> x Proof: Matrix Interpretation Processor: dim=3 interpretation: [1 1 1] [0] [*](x0, x1) = x0 + [0 1 0]x1 + [1] [1 1 0] [1] orientation: [1 1 1] [2 3 1] [2] [1 1 1] [1 1 1] [0] *(x,*(y,z)) = x + [0 1 0]y + [0 1 0]z + [2] >= x + [0 1 0]y + [0 1 0]z + [2] = *(*(x,y),z) [1 1 0] [1 2 1] [2] [1 1 0] [1 1 0] [2] [2 1 1] [0] *(x,x) = [0 2 0]x + [1] >= x = x [1 1 1] [1] problem: *(x,x) -> x Matrix Interpretation Processor: dim=3 interpretation: [1] [*](x0, x1) = x0 + x1 + [0] [0] orientation: [2 0 0] [1] *(x,x) = [0 2 0]x + [0] >= x = x [0 0 2] [0] problem: Qed