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Ring Unit


A unit in a ring is an element u such that there exists u^(-1) where u·u^(-1)=1.


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Ring

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References

Atiyah, M. F. and Macdonald, I. G. Introduction to Commutative Algebra. Menlo Park, CA: Addison-Wesley, 1969.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Ring Unit." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/RingUnit.html

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