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Field

Definition

A field is a commutative ring KK with these two properties.

  1. 1≠01 \neq 0 in KK.
  2. Every nonzero element of KK is a unit: for each a∈Ka \in K with a≠0a \neq 0, there is b∈Kb \in K with ab=1a b = 1.

Remarks

The rings Q\mathbb{Q}, R\mathbb{R} and C\mathbb{C} are fields. The ring Z\mathbb{Z} is not a field. For a prime number pp, the ring Z/pZ\mathbb{Z}/p\mathbb{Z} is a field. Every field is an integral domain. A division ring has the same axioms without the commutativity of the multiplication.

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A field is a number system where the four operations of arithmetic work. You can add, subtract, multiply, and divide by any number that is not zero. The rational numbers are the simplest example.

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