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Additive Cancellation and Elementary Additive Identities in a Field

Statement

Let KK be a field, with additive identity 00 and with the additive inverse −x-x of an element xx as in that definition, and write x−yx-y for x+(−y)x+(-y). Let x,y,z∈Kx,y,z\in K. Then the following hold.

1. (Uniqueness of additive inverses) If x+y=0x+y=0, then y=−xy=-x and x=−yx=-y.

2. (Cancellation) If x+z=y+zx+z=y+z, then x=yx=y.

3. (Vanishing differences) x−x=0x-x=0, and x−y=0x-y=0 if and only if x=yx=y.

4. (Differences involving the additive identity) −0=0-0=0, x−0=xx-0=x, and 0−x=−x0-x=-x.

5. (Double inverse) −(−x)=x-(-x)=x.

6. (Additive inverse of a sum and of a difference) −(x+y)=(−x)+(−y)-(x+y)=(-x)+(-y) and −(x−y)=y−x-(x-y)=y-x.

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