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@ConditionalCoder
The phrase you may be looking for is "non-associative".
Also, note the difference between the binary operation of subtraction and the unary property of negativeness for which we use same symbol.

(+15) - (+5) - (+1) = (+9)
(+15) + (-5) + (-1) = (+9)

(+15) - ( (+5) - (+1) ) = (+11)
(+15) - ( (+5) + (-1) ) = (+11)

Another fun example of non-associativity is in exponentiation. :-)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associat
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en.wikipedia.orgAssociative property - Wikipedia

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Riffs and Rotes • Happy New Year 2025
inquiryintoinquiry.com/2025/01

\( \text{Let} ~ p_n = \text{the} ~ n^\text{th} ~ \text{prime}. \)

\( \text{Then} ~ 2025
= 81 \cdot 25
= 3^4 5^2 \)

\( = {p_2}^4 {p_3}^2
= {p_2}^{{p_1}^{p_1}} {p_3}^{p_1}
= {p_{p_1}}^{{p_1}^{p_1}} {p_{p_2}}^{p_1}
= {p_{p_1}}^{{p_1}^{p_1}} {p_{p_{p_1}}}^{p_1} \)

No information is lost by dropping the terminal 1s. Thus we may write the following form.

\[ 2025 = {p_p}^{p^p} {p_{p_p}}^p \]

The article linked below tells how forms of that sort correspond to a family of digraphs called “riffs” and a family of graphs called “rotes”. The riff and rote for 2025 are shown in the next two Figures.

Riff 2025
inquiryintoinquiry.files.wordp

Rote 2025
inquiryintoinquiry.files.wordp

Reference —

Riffs and Rotes
oeis.org/wiki/Riffs_and_Rotes

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