Quick overview of approach:

Concerning numbers that are right-derivable (i.e., that have a derivation that ends in 1)

first: that one can double the number by taking two left branches

second: that one can triple the number by taking three left branches

third: that one can multiply the number by five by taking three lefts branches and then a right.

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Once one has taken the three left and one right branch, all numbers encountered thereafter will be multiples of alpha, hence the theorem:

Theorem 3.4. Given integers m and n where m is right-derivable and n is in the right tree, then the product mn can be expressed as a simple concatenation of the expressions of m and n.

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