Multiplication from other operations
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- by S. Kohn and D. J. Newman PDF
- Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 27 (1971), 244-246 Request permission
Abstract:
Given the operations of subtraction and reciprocal-taking we show that the operation of multiplication is determined in any field. The amusing difference is that for characteristic 2 it is not given by a formula while for other characteristics, it is.References
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- © Copyright 1971 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 27 (1971), 244-246
- MSC: Primary 12.00
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1971-0269629-X
- MathSciNet review: 0269629