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recursive definition decomposition
« on: June 27, 2013, 07:56:17 PM »
so lets see what a field is according to wikipedia,

field > a commutative ring which contains a multiplicative inverse for every nonzero element

but what's a commutative ring?
commutative ring > a ring in which the multiplication operation is commutative

but what's a ring?
ring > an abelian group with a second binary operation that is associative and is distributive over the abelian group operation

but what's an abelian group
abelian group> a group in which the result of applying the group operation to two group elements does not depend on their order.

but what's a group?
group > a set of elements together with an operation that combines any two of its elements to form a third element also in the set while satisfying four conditions called the group axioms, namely closure, associativity, identity and invertibility

adding it all up
field: a set of elements together with an operation that combines any two of its elements to form a third element also in the set while satisfying four conditions called the group axioms, namely closure, associativity, identity and invertibility in which the result of applying the set of elements together with an operation that combines any two of its elements to form a third element also in the set while satisfying four conditions called the group axioms, namely closure, associativity, identity and invertibility operation to two set of elements together with an operation that combines any two of its elements to form a third element also in the set while satisfying four conditions called the group axioms, namely closure, associativity, identity and invertibility elements does not depend on their order in which the multiplication operation is commutative which contains a multiplicative inverse for every nonzero element.
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Re: recursive definition decomposition
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2014, 08:08:18 PM »
bump because i still don't know what a field is

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Re: recursive definition decomposition
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2014, 06:14:30 AM »
This thread is XKCD

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Re: recursive definition decomposition
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2014, 12:26:33 PM »
i don't know what a ring is

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Re: recursive definition decomposition
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2014, 04:09:23 PM »
i don't know what a ring is

an abelian group with a second binary operation that is associative and is distributive over the abelian group operation

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Re: recursive definition decomposition
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2014, 05:27:33 PM »
thanks