How about: "The multiplicative ring operation of ℤ on the elements (((((1+1)+1)+1)+1)+1) and (((1+1)+1)+1)." As a mathematician with a slight focus on algebra

How about: "The multiplicative ring operation of ℤ on the elements (((((1+1)+1)+1)+1)+1) and (((1+1)+1)+1)." As a mathematician with a slight focus on algebra when I see such terms the questions that come to my mind are rather: Which ring am I working on, has it finite characteristics, is one of these numbers a ring element and the other an Element of ℤ [1]? It is always funny to see how your focus changes your perception :) [1] For example 4 could be an element of the finite field with 5 elements GF(5). Then I would interpret 6x4 as 4+4+4+4+4+4, because 6 is not an element of GF(5) and I thus cannot plug it into the multiplication operation of GF(5).