Mathematics-Online lexicon: Integers

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The set of integers

$\displaystyle {\mathbb{Z}} = \{\dots, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, \dots\}$

is obtained naturally by closing ${\mathbb{N}}$ under subtraction. With addition as operation, integers form a group.

(Authors: Kimmerle/Abele)

automatically generated 12/ 8/2005