My daughter decided to major in math and that got me thinking about how love compares with mathematical relations, so I examined love to see, in a light-hearted manner, whether love is: reflexive (IF A loves B THEN B loves A), transitive (IF A loves B AND B loves C THEN A loves C), distributive (IF A loves B AND B loves C THEN A loves B AND C).  

Also, in math you can compose functions, for example, you can compose addition onto multiplication to get: A+(A x B).  Using loves and hates, you then get relationship like:  A loves (A hates B) and B hates (B loves A).  

Finally, if the square-root of your love = 2, then your love relationship must be 4, which is a foursome.  Love to a higher power would be things like love^3 which equals (love x love x love).  Polynomial love would produce strange things like: 4x(love)^2 which doesn't mean much and so is "just a form of ceremonial love"

:-)