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Which operations is the following set closed under: {... , -3, -1, 1, 3, ...}?

User S P Sharan
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I'd say it's closed for multiplication and division.
Any member of the set, when multiplied or divided by
any other one, produces another member of the set.
User Vishnu Vinod
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Not addition, since
-1+1=0 and 0 doesn't belong to the set.

Not subtraction, since
1-1=0.

It is closed under multiplication. The set appears to contain all non-zero multiples of 3.

Not division, since dividing some of the numbers results in rationals which do not belong to the set.

What other operations are you supposed to consider?
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