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Residue class rings of Z/Field/Integer/Prime number/Fact

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Let n≥1 be a natural number, and let ℤ/(n) be the corresponding residue class ring.

Then the following statements are equivalent.
  1. ℤ/(n) is a field.
  2. ℤ/(n) is a domain.
  3. n is a prime number.