Abstract algebra/Fields

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Definition: A field is a non empty set F with two binary operations + and such that (F,+,) has commutative unitary ring structure and satisfy the following property:

xF{0}, yF:xy=1 (every element in F except for 0 has a multiplicative inverse)


Examples:

1.- ,, (rational, real and complex numbers) with standard + and operations have field structure. These are fields examples with infinite cardinality.

2.- p, the integer set modulo p (p a prime positive integer number) with +(mod p) and (mod p) operations is a family of finite fields.


Exercises

  1. Prove that the above examples are fields.