Finite Field - Properties and Facts

Properties and Facts

Finite fields cannot be ordered: in an ordered field the elements 0 < 1 < 1 + 1 < 1 + 1 + 1 < … are all different, so that an ordered field necessarily contains infinitely many elements.

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