If addition is "the first operation", then "increment" is the zeroth operation. You know, counting 1,2,3,4. If we define multiplication as repeated addition, t

If addition is "the first operation", then "increment" is the zeroth operation. You know, counting 1,2,3,4. If we define multiplication as repeated addition, then we define addition as repeated increment, where A + B is: start at zero, increment A times then B times.