set C of ordered pairs of real numbers, addition and multiplication are defined by the formulae (a, b)+(c, d)=(a + c, b +d)   and  (a, b).(c, d)=(ac - bd , ad + bc). Show that the system (C,+, .) is a field. What are the additive and multiplicative identities of  of this field

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In the set C of ordered pairs of real numbers, addition and multiplication are defined by the formulae

(a, b)+(c, d)=(a + c, b +d)   and 

(a, b).(c, d)=(ac - bd , ad + bc). Show that the system (C,+, .) is a field. What are the additive and multiplicative identities of  of this field ?

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