Zeno's Monoid: Has anyone got a reference for this?

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Let F be an ordered field. Let k be a positive element of F. Define a binary operator * on F:

x*y = x+y - xy/k

Then I claim ([0,k],*,0) is a commutative monoid with k as an absorbing element.

Moreover if you have an element a, such that 0 < a < k, then

a < a * a < a * a * a < ....< a^n < a^{n+1} < ...... < k.

This is why I think of it as "Zeno's Monoid". However when I search for examples of monoids, I never find it. Does anybody know of a reference?