are integers closed to addition subtraction, multiplication, and division
What do you mean by closed?
being closed under these operations means that the result of these operations always returns another integer
@welshfella yes exactly
@welshfella can you help me?
I'm not sure - i should know but I'm wondering if 0 is included in the integers I'll have to check If it is then 6/0 is indeterminate so its not closed under division
It doesn't say if 0 is included so I'm assuming it's not
looks like the answer is no
okay so are integers closed to + - x /
@welshfella
Oh - not just the 0 stops division being closed but for example 10/4 = 2.5 and 2.5 is not an integer so integers are definitely not closed under division
they are closed for +,- and *
now I need to know the same for irrational numbers
they are not closed under multiplication for example sqrt2 * sqrt2 = 2 nor under subtraction for example sqrt3 - sqrt3 = 0
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