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Docs: Added Commutative Ring.md, Division Ring.md and Field.md (#87)
* Docs: Added Commutative Ring.md, Division Ring.md and Field.md In Basic Algebra, to describe field, added commutative ring and division ring * fix typo * Added Commutative Ring and Division Ring docs to Basic Algebra.md
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- [[Equivalence Relation]]
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- [[Quotient Ring]]
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- [[Ring Homomorphism]]
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- [[Commutative Ring]]
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- [[Division Ring]]
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- [[Field]]
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- [[Finite Field]]
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- [[Cyclotomic polynomial]]
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# Definition
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A ring in which the multiplication is commutative is a **commutative ring**. A ring with a multiplicative identity element is a **ring with unity;** the multiplicative identity element $1$ is called "**unity**".
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In a ring with unity $1$ the distributive laws show that
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$$(\underbrace{1 + 1 + \cdots + 1}_{n \text{ summands}})(\underbrace{1 + 1 + \cdots + 1}_{m \text{ summands}}) = (\underbrace{1 + 1 + \cdots + 1}_{nm \text{ summands}})$$
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that is, ${(n\cdot 1)}{(m\cdot 1)} = {(nm)\cdot 1}$
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# Definition
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Let $R$ be a ring with unity $1\neq 0$. An element $u$ in $R$ is a **unit** of $R$ if it has a multiplicative inverse in $R$. If every nonzero element of $R$ is a unit, then $R$ is a **division ring** (or **skew field**).

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# Definition
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A field $F$ is a set equipped with two binary operations, addition ($+$) and multiplication ($\times$), that satisfy the following axioms:
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1. Additive Structure:
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- $(F, +)$ forms an [[Abelian Group]].
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- The additive identity is denoted as $0$
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2. Multiplicative Structure:
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- $(F\{0\}, \times)$ forms an abelian group
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- The multiplicative identity is denoted as $1$
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- $1\neq 0$; the multiplicative identity ($1$) is not equal to the additive identity ($0$)
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3. Distributive Law:
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- For all $a, b, c \in F: a \times (b + c) = (a \times b) + (a \times c)$
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More precisely, a field is a [[Commutative Ring|commutative]] [[Division Ring|division]] ring. In other words, a field is a [[Commutative Ring]] with unity where every nonzero element has a multiplicative inverse. A noncommutative division ring is called a "**strictly [[Division Ring|skew field]]**".
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## Example
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- The rational numbers ($\mathbb{Q}$)
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- The real numbers ($\mathbb{R}$)
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- The complex numbers ($\mathbb{C}$)

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