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What is closed under subtraction?

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The set of all integers;

the set of all rational numbers;

the set of all real numbers;

the set of all complex numbers.

Also their multiples - for example

the set of all multiples of 2;

the set of all multiples of 2.5;

the set of all multiples of sqrt(17);

the set of all multiples of 3 + 4i where i is the imaginary square root of -1.

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