All rational numbers, with the exception of zero (0), have a multiplicative inverse. In fact, all real numbers (again, except for zero) have multiplicative inverses, though the inverses of Irrational Numbers are themselves irrational. Even imaginary numbers have multiplicative inverses (the multiplicative inverse of 5i is -0.2i - as you can see the inverse itself is also imaginary). Even complex numbers (the sum of an imaginary number and a real number) have multiplicative inverses (the inverse of [5i + 2] is [-5i/29 + 2/29] - similar to irrational and imaginary numbers, the inverse of a complex number is itself complex). The onlynumber, in any set of numbers, that does not have a multiplicative inverse is zero.
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Rational numbers and Real Numbers. The multiplicative inverses of integers are not integers.
It is 1, as it is for all complex numbers - which includes real numbers.
I believe it is because 0 does not have an inverse element.
An inverse, without any qualification, is taken to be the multiplicative inverse. is The inverse of a number, x (x not 0), is 1 divided by x. Any number multiplied by its inverse must be equal to 1. There is also an additive inverse. For any number y, the additive inverse is -y. And the sum of the two must always be 0.
There are two types of inverse numbers in this context: additive and multiplicative. An additive inverse number is a number that's had its sign flipped: positive becomes negative, and negative becomes positive. The PHP code for this would be: $result=-$number; A multiplicative inverse number is a number that's been divided into 1. So 5 becomes 1/5, and 1/5 becomes 1/1/5, or 5. The PHP code for this would be: $result=1/$number;