The multiplicative axiom is equivalent to the proposition that a product is only zero when at least one of its factors is zero; i.e. that, if any number of cardinal numbers be multiplied together, the result cannot be 0 unless one of the numbers concerned is 0.

The multiplicative axiom is equivalent to the proposition that, if

be any relation, and

any class contained in the converse domain of

, then there is at least one one-many relation implying

and having