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topological ring (Definition)

A ring $R$ which is a topological space is called a topological ring if the addition, multiplication, and the additive inverse functions are continuous functions from $R \times R$ to $R$

A topological division ring is a topological ring such that the multiplicative inverse function is continuous away from $0$ A topological field is a topological division ring that is a field.

Remark. It is easy to see that if $R$ contains the multiplicative identity $1$ then $R$ is a topological ring iff addition and multiplication are continuous. This is true because the additive inverse of an element can be written as the product of the element and $-1$ However, if $R$ does not contain $1$ it is necessary to impose the continuity condition on the additive inverse operation.




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See Also: topological group (obsolete), topological vector space

Also defines:  topological field, topological division ring
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Cross-references: operation, necessary, product, inverse, iff, multiplicative identity, contains, easy to see, field, function, multiplicative inverse, continuous functions, inverse functions, additive, multiplication, addition, topological space, ring
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This is version 3 of topological ring, born on 2002-06-08, modified 2008-06-28.
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AMS MSC13J99 (Commutative rings and algebras :: Topological rings and modules :: Miscellaneous)
 12J99 (Field theory and polynomials :: Topological fields :: Miscellaneous)
 54H13 (General topology :: Connections with other structures, applications :: Topological fields, rings, etc.)

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topological field by igor on 2002-06-09 00:03:22
Is it not necessary for a topological field
to have a continuous inverse operation, just
like for a topological group?

Or does this already follow from the facts
that it is a field and a topological ring?
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