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Which number systems can stand in for the reals as scalars: the field axioms, and the rationals, complexes, and modular arithmetic that meet them.

Linear Algebra, Fields

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Exercise 1

Check that the real numbers form a field.

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Exercise 2

Prove that these are fields.

  • (a)  The rational numbers Q\mathbb{Q}     (b)  The complex numbers C\mathbb{C}

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Exercise 3

Give an example that shows that the integer number system is not a field.

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Exercise 4

Check that the set B={0,1}\mathbb{B}=\text{$\{\hskip 1.00006pt0,1\hskip 1.00006pt\}$} is a field under the operations listed above,

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Exercise 5

Give suitable operations to make the set {0,1,2}\{\hskip 1.00006pt0,1,2\hskip 1.00006pt\} a field.

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Adapted from Linear Algebra © 2016 Jim Hefferon. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 US. Source: Linear Algebra. Imported at revision df2262e.

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