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'''F4:''' existence of inverses
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<math>\forall \!\,</math> a <math>\in \!\,</math> F ,<math> \exists \!\</math> c, d <math>\in \!\ </math> F such that a+c=o and a.d=1
<math>\forall \!\,</math> a <math>\in \!\,</math> F ,<math> \exists \!\,</math> c, d <math>\in \!\ </math> F such that a+c=o and a.d=1





Revision as of 12:20, 14 September 2012

In the second day of the class, the professor continues on the definition of a field.

Definition of a field

Combined with a part from the first class, we have a complete definition as follow:

A field is a set "F' with two binary operations +,x defind on it, and two special elements 0 ≠ 1 such that

F1: commutative law

a, b F: a+b=b+a and a.b=b.a

F2: associative law

a, b, c F: (a+b)+c=a+(b+c) and (a.b).c= a.(b.c)


F3: the existence of identity elements

a F, a+o=a and a.1=a


F4: existence of inverses

a F , c, d F such that a+c=o and a.d=1


F5: contributive law

a, b, c F, a.(b+c)=a.b + a.c

Examples

Lecture Notes, upload by Starash