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A field is a set, , with two binary operations (e.g., + and ⋅) that
satisfy the ring axioms:
1. is Abelian (commutative) under +: ∀, , ∈ :
associative: ( + ) + = + ( + )
commutative: + = +
additive identity: + =
additive inverse: + (−) =
2. is monoid (associative) under ⋅:
associative: ⋅ ⋅ = ⋅ ( ⋅ )
mult. identity: ⋅ = = ⋅
mult. inverse: ∀ ∈ − 0 . ∃UA ∈ . × UA =
3. Distributive:
⋅ + = ⋅ + ⋅
+ ⋅ = ⋅ + ( ⋅ )
Fields of Dreams
Which of these
are fields?
(1)ℚ, +,×
(2){0, 1}, +,×
(3)ℕL
, +,×