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math121a-f23:september_6_wednesday [2023/09/07 08:10]
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math121a-f23:september_6_wednesday [2026/02/21 14:41] (current)
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 can you define multiplication on it? $ ( 1+ x + x^2) (2 + x) = ?$ can you define multiplication on it? $ ( 1+ x + x^2) (2 + x) = ?$
  
-Does every nonzero element has a (multiplicative) inverse? For example, $x$ has inverse, $1/x = x^2$. $x+1$ has inverse, we have +Does every nonzero element has a (multiplicative) inverse? For example, $x$ has inverse,  
 +$$ 1/x = x^2. $$ 
 +$x+1$ has inverse, we have 
 $$ \frac{1}{1+x} = \frac{1-x+x^2}{(1+x)(1-x+x^2)} = \frac{1-x+x^2}{1+x^3} = \frac{1-x+x^2}{2}. $$ $$ \frac{1}{1+x} = \frac{1-x+x^2}{(1+x)(1-x+x^2)} = \frac{1-x+x^2}{1+x^3} = \frac{1-x+x^2}{2}. $$
 +Does $x-1$ has inverse? 
  
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