Cancellation law may not hold in an arbitrary ring.
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2021-03-17T07:02:38-0400
Let us show that cancellation law may not hold in an arbitrary ring. Let us consider the ring (Z8,+,⋅). Then 4⋅2=4⋅6=0, but 2=6. Therefore, cancellation law does not hold in this ring.
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