Division Ring - Examples

Examples

  • As noted above, all fields are division rings.
  • The real and rational quaternions (q.v.) are strictly noncommutative division rings.
  • Rings of Laurent series with coefficients in the complex numbers form strictly noncommutative division rings.

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