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It was invented, not discovered.
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Multiplication is invented by Human. Maths is not invention of single individual. Many Mathematicians around world discovered and invented new things and added them into Maths.
The four fundamental operations in mathematics are addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Since these operations are older then written time it is hard to know exactly who discovered them. Many historians point to the ancient Babylonian people.