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Exercise 8.6.3
Using the usual definitions of addition and multiplication, determine which of these properties are possessed by , , and , respectively.
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possesses properties (f1), (f2), and (f5). The natural numbers do not contain 0 or any additive inverses. additionally satisfies (f3) but still does not satisfy (f4) for multiplicative inverses (e.g. is not in ). possesses all properties; in particular if then so are and .