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Question:

Is there a field which has the multiplicative identity equal to the additive identity?

i.e 01. It has to abide by the other 9 axioms of a field.

Answer:

If you don't stipulate that 0 ≠ 1, then, yes, there is such a field. It has exactly one element, namely the additive/multiplicative identity. However, people generally ignore this field when talking about fields, as it doesn't have much structure. So people usually stick in an extra condition that 0 ≠ 1.

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