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In a set equipped with a binary operation called a product, the multiplicative identity is an element such that

 

 

 

for all . It can be, for example, the identity element of a multiplicative group or the unit of a unit ring. In both cases it is usually denoted 1. The number 1 is, in fact, the multiplicative identity of the ring of integers and of its extension rings such as the ring of Gaussian integers , the field of rational numbers , the field of real numbers , and the field of complex numbers . The residue class of number 1 is the multiplicative identity of the quotient ring of for all integers .

 

If is a commutative unit ring, the constant polynomial 1 is the multiplicative identity of every polynomial ring .

 

In a Boolean algebra, if the operation is considered as a product, the multiplicative identity is the universal bound . In the power set of a set , this is the total set .

 

The unique element of a trivial ring is simultaneously the additive identity and multiplicative identity.

 

In a group of maps over a set (as, e.g., a transformation group or a symmetric group), where the product is the map composition, the multiplicative identity is the identity map on .

 

In the set of matrices with entries in a unit ring, the multiplicative identity (with respect to matrix multiplication) is the identity matrix. This is also the multiplicative identity of the general linear group on a field , and of all its subgroups.

 

Not all multiplicative structures have a multiplicative identity. For example, the set of all matrices having determinant equal to zero is closed under multiplication, but this set does not include the identity matrix.

 

 

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that's OK - i was wondering why there wasn't a software program to do this for me. i think that's the difference between a scientist and an engineer.

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i'm sad to say that i only answered 27.272727272727272727272727% of the question affirmatively.

 

Oh sad days are upon us. Minx is no longer the S&M duckie, but has gone the way of the beaker. Was this arch's fault, with this thread? You only answered yes to 27.272727272727272727272727% of the questions, granted that is bad, but not that bad.

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bondage ducky needs a rest. he's tired and needs a post nookie nap. he may make a return in the near future but face it, lab coats are sizzlin!

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Lab coats

so hot right now.

 

so hot ALL the time :moondance:

 

Yeah I can imagine lab coats could be hot, but I always seem to worn with clothes on underneath.

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