Field (mathematics)
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A field is a commutative ring which contains a non-zero multiplicative identity and all non-zero elements have multiplicative inverses. Everyday examples of fields include the real numbers, complex numbers and the rationals. Besides the trivial field, the set of rationals is the smallest number field, so any other number field is an extension field of the rationals.