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Describe the elements of M2(Z) (see Example 4) that have
Chapter 12, Problem 20E(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
Describe the elements of M2(Z) (see Example 4) that have multiplicative inverses.Reference:
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QUESTION:
Describe the elements of M2(Z) (see Example 4) that have multiplicative inverses.Reference:
ANSWER:
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A ring R is a set with two binary operations, addition and multiplication, satisfying several properties: R is an Abelian group under addition, and the multiplication operation satisfies the associative law.
According to the distributive law,
Also,
For every