Exercise 3.1.4

In your abstract algebra text, review the definition of the field of fractions of an integral domain and verify that (3.3) is the correct definition of a b for a , b , b 0 .

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Proof. The relation on × defined by

( a , b ) ( c , d ) ad = bc

is an equivalence relation. The class of ( a , b ) , written a b is so the set

a b = { ( c , d ) × | ad = bc } .

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