An objective representation of the Gaussian integers

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DOI10.1016/J.JSC.2003.10.002zbMATH Open1137.68629arXivmath/0211454OpenAlexW2120113841MaRDI QIDQ2643534FDOQ2643534


Authors: Marcelo P. Fiore, Tom Leinster Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 24 August 2007

Published in: Journal of Symbolic Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A rig is a riNg without Negatives. We analyse the free rig on a generator x subject to the equivalence x = 1 + x + x^2, showing that in it the non-constant polynomials form a ring. This ring can be identified with the Gaussian integers, which thus acquire objective meaning.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0211454




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