# Non-Zero Integers under Multiplication are not Subgroup of Reals

## Theorem

Let $\struct {\Z_{\ne 0}, \times}$ denote the algebraic structure formed by the set of non-zero integers under multiplication.

Let $\struct {\R_{\ne 0}, \times}$ denote the algebraic structure formed by the set of non-zero real numbers under multiplication.

Then, while $\struct {\Z_{\ne 0}, \times}$ is closed, it is not a subgroup of $\struct {\R_{\ne 0}, \times}$.

## Proof

We also have that the set of non-zero integers $\Z_{\ne 0}$ form a subset of $\R_{\ne 0}$.

$\forall a, b \in \Z_{\ne 0}: a \times b \in \Z_{\ne 0}$

We have that:

$\forall x \in \Z_{\ne 0}: 1 \times x= x = x \times 1$

and so $1$ is the identity of $\struct {\Z_{\ne 0}, \times}$.

But for $x \in \Z_{\ne 0}: x \ne 1$, there exists no $y \in \Z_{\ne 0}: x \times y = 1$.

Thus $\struct {\Z_{\ne 0}, \times}$ does not have inverses for all $x \in \Z_{\ne 0}$.

Thus, by definition, $\struct {\Z_{\ne 0}, \times}$ is not a group.

It follows that $\struct {\Z_{\ne 0}, \times}$ is not a subgroup of $\struct {\R_{\ne 0}, \times}$.

$\blacksquare$