Question #350987

3.4. Prove that any field is an integral domain.


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Expert's answer
2022-06-16T09:41:22-0400

Let a0a\ne0 and bb be two elements in the field FF and ab=0ab=0.

Since FF is a field and a0a\ne0 we have a1Fa^{-1}\in F. Hence a1ab=a10=0a^{-1}ab=a^{-1}0=0.

So we obtain b=0b=0.

Hence there exists no zero divisor in FF.


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