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Group: 0. closed under + 1. associativity of + 2. identity element for + 3.

inverse Abelian group: A group G is abelian if its binary operation if commutative. Ring ~ abelian group & associativity & distributivity: 1. (commutativity) (R,+) is an abelian group 2. (associativty) associativity of * 3. (distributivity) a*(b+c)=(a*b)+(a*c) and (a+b)*c=(a*c)+(b*c) Field ~ ring & multiplicative identity & multiplicative inverse & commutativity: 1. ring 2. every nonzero element has a multiplicative inverse (and multiplicative identi ty) in R 3. commutativity of *

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