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    This document defines exponentiation of elements in a field and proves a theorem about the relationship between square roots in a field. Specifically, it states that if x and y are elements of a field F such that x squared equals y squared, then either x equals y or x equals the negative of y. The proof shows that setting their difference or sum to 0 yields the two possibilities.

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    This document defines exponentiation of elements in a field and proves a theorem about the relationship between square roots in a field. Specifically, it states that if x and y are elements of a field F such that x squared equals y squared, then either x equals y or x equals the negative of y. The proof shows that setting their difference or sum to 0 yields the two possibilities.

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    Let F be a field and c F .

    Definition.
    cn = cn1 c ; n = 2, 3, ...
    .
    c1 = c
    Theorem. If x and y are members of F such that x2 = y 2 , then x = y
    or x = y

    Proof.

    x2 y 2 = 0
    (x y)(x + y) = 0
    x y = 0 or x + y = 0
    x=y or x = y

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