For an element g of a group and an integer n, is the natural power when n is nonnegative and the (-n)-th power of the inverse of g when n is negative.
In the setting of Routine Facts, Continued: Typed Arithmetic, Maps and Predicativity, let be a group with identity , unique by Uniqueness of the Identity Element and of Inverses in a Group (i), let , and let be an integer.
Integer powers. If , then is an element of under The Integers and the Rational Numbers, with the Natural Numbers and the Integers Identified with Subsets of the Rationals (vii), and the -th power of is that of Powers with Exponents in the Natural Numbers with Zero (i) and Powers with Exponents in the Natural Numbers with Zero (ii); in particular . If , then is a natural number by The Integers Form an Ordered Ring Containing the Natural Numbers as Its Positive Elements (vii), and the -th power of is
the -th power, as in Powers with Exponents in the Natural Numbers with Zero (i), of the inverse of , which is unique by Uniqueness of the Identity Element and of Inverses in a Group (ii).
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