Definition:Subtraction/Rational Numbers

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Definition

Let $\struct {\Q, +, \times}$ be the field of rational numbers.


The operation of subtraction is defined on $\Q$ as:

$\forall a, b \in \Q: a - b := a + \paren {-b}$

where $-b$ is the negative of $b$ in $\Q$.