Consider the following properties:
- $a(x+y) = ax + ay$
- $x + y = y + x$
- $ax = xa$
- $x + 0 = x$
- $x \cdot 1 = x$
- for every $x\ne 0$ there's a $y$ such that $xy=1$.
Are those enough for defining a field?
Consider the following properties:
Are those enough for defining a field?
These axioms do not require the existence of the opposite (for addition). The set of the not negative rational numbers with the usual operations satisfies these axioms and is not a field.