Contemporary Abstract Algebra
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ISBN: 9781305657960
Author: Joseph Gallian
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 13, Problem 3E
Show that a commutative ring with the cancellation property (undermultiplication) has no zero-divisors.
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