Inverse Element/Examples/Addition Modulo 6
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Examples of Inverse Elements
Consider the additive group of integers modulo $6$, whose Cayley table is given below:
- $\begin{array}{r|rrrrrr} \struct {\Z_6, +_6} & \eqclass 0 6 & \eqclass 1 6 & \eqclass 2 6 & \eqclass 3 6 & \eqclass 4 6 & \eqclass 5 6 \\ \hline \eqclass 0 6 & \eqclass 0 6 & \eqclass 1 6 & \eqclass 2 6 & \eqclass 3 6 & \eqclass 4 6 & \eqclass 5 6 \\ \eqclass 1 6 & \eqclass 1 6 & \eqclass 2 6 & \eqclass 3 6 & \eqclass 4 6 & \eqclass 5 6 & \eqclass 0 6 \\ \eqclass 2 6 & \eqclass 2 6 & \eqclass 3 6 & \eqclass 4 6 & \eqclass 5 6 & \eqclass 0 6 & \eqclass 1 6 \\ \eqclass 3 6 & \eqclass 3 6 & \eqclass 4 6 & \eqclass 5 6 & \eqclass 0 6 & \eqclass 1 6 & \eqclass 2 6 \\ \eqclass 4 6 & \eqclass 4 6 & \eqclass 5 6 & \eqclass 0 6 & \eqclass 1 6 & \eqclass 2 6 & \eqclass 3 6 \\ \eqclass 5 6 & \eqclass 5 6 & \eqclass 0 6 & \eqclass 1 6 & \eqclass 2 6 & \eqclass 3 6 & \eqclass 4 6 \\ \end{array}$
Each element of this group is invertible.
Sources
- 1965: Seth Warner: Modern Algebra ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text I$: Algebraic Structures: $\S 4$: Neutral Elements and Inverses