If a > 0 in an ordered field F, show that a-¹ > 0 also.
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Transcribed Image Text:Definition
An ordered field is a field F, together with a subset P, whose elements are called
positive, satisfying:
(i) If a, b e P, then a + b e P and ab € P.
(ii) For any a € F, one and only one of the following holds: a e P; a = 0; −a = P.
Here are a few elementary properties of an ordered field.
Proposition 15.1
Let F, P be an ordered field. Then:
(a) 1 € P, i.e., 1 is a positive element.
(b) F has characteristic 0.
(c) The smallest subfield of F containing 1 is isomorphic to the rational numbers Q.
(d) For any a #0 € F, a² € P.

Transcribed Image Text:15.1 If a > 0 in an ordered field F, show that a-¹ > 0 also.
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