Abstract algebra/Fields
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Definition: A field is a non empty set with two binary operations and such that (F,,) has commutative unitary ring structure and satisfy the following property:
(every element in 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.- , the integer set modulo p (p a prime positive integer number) with and operations is a family of finite fields.
Exercises
- Prove that the above examples are fields.