Concept Used:
A "commutative ring with unity and it contains divisor of zero" is a mathematical structure defined as follows:
Commutative Ring: It is a set R equipped with two binary operations, usually denoted as addition + and multiplication, such that the following properties hold for all elements a, b, and c in R:
- Addition is associative and commutative.
- There exists an additive identity element 0 such that a + 0 = a for all a in R.
- Every element has an additive inverse, meaning for every a in R, there exists an element -a such that a + (-a) = 0.
- Multiplication is associative and commutative.
- There exists a multiplicative identity element 1 such that a ⋅ 1 = a for all a in R.
- Multiplication distributes over addition, i.e.,
and
for all a, b, and c in R.
Contains Divisor of Zero: This property implies that there exist non-zero elements a and b in R such that their product equals zero, i.e., a ⋅ b = 0.
Explanation:
To determine the properties of the given ring
, let's analyze its structure:
Addition: The addition operation + is defined component-wise: (a, b) + (c, d) = (a + c, b + d) .
Thus, this operation is commutative and associative.
Multiplication: The multiplication operation ⋅ is also defined component-wise: (a, b) ⋅ (c, d) = (a ⋅ c, b ⋅ d) .
Thus, this operation is also commutative and associative.
Ring Properties
Distributive property holds i.e.,
(a, b) ⋅ ((c, d) + (e, f)) = (a, b) ⋅ (c + e, d + f) = (a ⋅ (c + e),
b ⋅ (d + f)) = (a ⋅ c + a ⋅ e, b ⋅ d + b ⋅ f) , and
(a, b) ⋅ (c, d) + (a, b) ⋅ (e, f) = (a ⋅ c, b ⋅ d) + (a ⋅ e, b ⋅ f) = (a ⋅ c + a ⋅ e, b ⋅ d + b ⋅ f)
The ring contains an identity element: (1, 1) is the identity element for multiplication.
Zero Divisors: Let's check if there exist non-zero elements (a, b) and (c, d) such that (a, b) ⋅ (c, d) = (0, 0). If such elements exist, then the ring contains zero divisors.
Consider (1, 0) and (0, 1).
Their product is (1, 0) ⋅ (0, 1) = (0, 0) , where (0, 0) is the additive identity. Thus, R contains zero divisors.
R is a commutative ring with unity and it contains divisor of zero.