Additive group of integers

ID: additive-group-of-integers

The integers form an infinite cyclic group under addition, with identity element zero and inverse element for . Its two generators are and . Every subgroup is for a unique nonnegative integer : if it is nonzero, take its least positive element and use division with remainder to show that every element is a multiple of it. The zero subgroup corresponds to .

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