Contemporary Abstract Algebra
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ISBN: 9781305657960
Author: Joseph Gallian
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 12, Problem 17E
Show that a ring that is cyclic under addition is commutative.
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Ch. 12 - The ring {0, 2, 4, 6, 8} under addition and...Ch. 12 - Find an integer n that shows that the rings Zn...Ch. 12 - Show that a ring is commutative if it has the...Ch. 12 - Prove that the intersection of any collection of...Ch. 12 - Let a, b, and c be elements of a commutative ring,...Ch. 12 - Let a andb belong to a ring R and let mbe an...Ch. 12 - Show that if m and n are integers and a and b are...Ch. 12 - Show that a ring that is cyclic under addition is...Ch. 12 - Let R be a ring. The center of R is the set...Ch. 12 - Let R be a commutative ring with unity and let...
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