In abstract algebra, the triple product property is an identity satisfied in some groups.
Let be a non-trivial group. Three nonempty subsets are said to have the triple product property in if for all elements, it is the case that
where is the identity of .
It plays a role in research of fast matrix multiplication algorithms.
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