= Field
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= Field
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A <ring (mathematics)> where multiplication is <commutative> and there is always an inverse.
A field can be seen as an <Abelian group> that has two <group operations> defined on it: addition and multiplication.
And then, besides each of the two operations obeying the <group axioms> individually, and they are compatible between themselves accordin to the <distributive property>.
Basically the nicest, least restrictive, 2-operation type of <algebra>.
Examples:
* <real numbers>
* <rational numbers>