# Integers form Ordered Integral Domain

## Theorem

The integers $\Z$ form an ordered integral domain under addition and multiplication.

## Proof 1

From Integers form Integral Domain we have that $\struct {\Z, +, \times}$ forms an integral domain.

From Natural Numbers are Non-Negative Integers we have that the set $\N$ can be considered as a subset of the integers.

Then we have that $\struct {\N_{>0}, +, \times}$ is a (commutative) semiring.

So it follows by definition of semiring, in particular the fact that $+$ and $\times$ on $\N_{> 0}$ are closed, that:

$\forall a, b \in \N_{> 0}: a + b \in \N_{>0}$
$\forall a, b \in \N_{> 0}: a \times b \in \N_{>0}$

It follows that we can define a property $P$ on $\Z$ such that:

$\forall x \in \Z: \map P x \iff x \in \N_{>0}$

Checking that $P$ fulfils the conditions for it to be the (strict) positivity property:

$(1): \quad \forall a, b \in \Z: \map P a \land \map P b \implies \map P {a + b}$

Follows directly from the fact that $\map P x \iff x \in \N_{> 0}$.

$(2): \quad \forall a, b \in \Z: \map P a \land \map P b \implies \map P {a \times b}$

Follows directly from the fact that $\map P x \iff x \in \N_{> 0}$.

$(3): \quad \forall a \in \Z: \map P a \lor \map P {-a} \lor a = 0$

This follows from the definition of the integers as the Inverse Completion of Natural Numbers.

If $a \in \Z - \N$ then $\exists b \in \N: a + b = 0$ and so $a = -b$.

Hence the conditions are fulfilled and $\struct {\Z, +, \times}$ forms an ordered integral domain.

$\blacksquare$

## Proof 2

From Integers form Integral Domain we have that $\struct {\Z, +, \times}$ forms an integral domain.

From Integers form Totally Ordered Ring, $\struct {\Z, +, \times}$ is a totally ordered ring.

Hence the result.

$\blacksquare$