3.4. Prove that any field is an integral domain.
Let a≠0a\ne0a=0 and bbb be two elements in the field FFF and ab=0ab=0ab=0.
Since FFF is a field and a≠0a\ne0a=0 we have a−1∈Fa^{-1}\in Fa−1∈F. Hence a−1ab=a−10=0a^{-1}ab=a^{-1}0=0a−1ab=a−10=0.
So we obtain b=0b=0b=0.
Hence there exists no zero divisor in FFF.
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