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The doublestruck capital letter Z, Z, denotes the ring of integers ..., -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, .... The symbol derives from the German word Zahlen, meaning "numbers" (Dummit and Foote 2004, p. 1), and first appeared in Bourbaki's Algèbre (reprinted as Bourbaki 1998, p. 671). The ring of integers is sometimes also denoted using the double-struck capital I, I.

See also

C, C*, Counting Number, N, Natural Number, Q, R, Ring of Integers, Whole Number, Z-, Z+, Z*

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References

Bourbaki, N. Éléments de mathématique: Algèbre, chapitres 1 à 3. Paris, France: Hermann, 1970. Reprinted as Elements of Mathematics: Algebra I, Chapters 1-3. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, p. 671, 1998.Dummit, D. S. and Foote, R. M. "Basics." §0.1 in Abstract Algebra, 3rd ed. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, p. 1, 2004.

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