Integers do not form Field/Examples/2
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Examples of Use of Integers do not form Field
Take $2$, for example.
In the field of rational numbers, we have that $2 \times \dfrac 1 2 = 1$ and so $2$ has an inverse in $\Q$.
But that inverse is not in $\Z$.
Sources
- 1969: C.R.J. Clapham: Introduction to Abstract Algebra ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $4$: Fields: $\S 15$. Examples of Fields: Example $17$