How to solve this? If in the Ring (A,+,*) the equation $x^2+1=0$ has unique solution demonstrate that 1+1=0,where "1" is unit element of the ring.

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Answer 1 · 2017-03-25T15:00:34

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Let $alpha$ be a root of $x^2+1 = 0$

Then $(-alpha)^2+1 = alpha^2 + 1 = 0$

So $-alpha$ is a root of $x^2+1 = 0$

So if $x^2+1 = 0$ has only one solution, we must have:

$-alpha = alpha$

Add $alpha$ to both sides to get:

$0 = alpha+alpha = 1*alpha+1*alpha = (1+1)*alpha$

Since $alpha != 0$ we can divide both sides by $alpha$ to get:

$0 = 1+1$

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