Abstract
As it is known, often solving a problem in a certain algebraic structure is quite difficult. That is why it is sometimes necessary to transfer the problem in an isomorphic structure with the given one and where it can be solved more easily. But the problem of determining isomorphic algebraic structures at once is quite difficult for pupils / students or even teachers. In this paper we aim to determine other isomorphic commutative ring structures with the ring of integers
Keywords: MathematicsDidactics of Mathematicsinteger numbercommutative ringisomorphism
Introduction
First, we specify that this paper is a continuation of the paper (Vălcan, 2020). So, everything I wrote there is also valid for this work. In addition, it should be noted that the topic proposed for study in this paper is a research topic in Didactics of Mathematics.
Research in Didactics of Mathematics, (which is nothing more than a search with specific reasoning and tools, to access a rational and / or spiritual knowledge in different directions), it is a relatively new field in the world, integrated in the sciences of education (Astolfi & Develey, 1989).
Today, research in the socio-human sciences (hence also in applied didactics), represents a transition from rational to spiritual knowledge; the current tendency being to unite the two ways of knowledge, (the interaction between facts and values takes place in the initial phases of scientific discovery, in the motivation of the approach or in “
The requirements of a research in didactics must be formulated on the basis that, here, the “
Problem Statement
As I mentioned in (Vălcan, 1997) in the research part, we consider the Didactics of Mathematics as an activity of mathematicians who are interested in learning Mathematics - as an educational discipline, using the methodologies and theories used in science, philosophy, psychology and / or pedagogy. From this point of view, at present, we can distinguish four major trends in Didactics of Mathematics:
the reconstruction of the contents of the Mathematics taught in the school, a reconstruction guided by an epistemological exigency;
designing, testing and evaluating new projects in mathematics education (not only Romanian), proposing in a coherent manner:
purposes and objectives adapted to the current requirements of society,
notional contents to keep up with the development of Mathematics as a science,
activities and didactic means specific to learning Mathematics, which should take into account:
the cognitive processes through which the assimilation and understanding of students is achieved,
and
the processes that appear in the communication relations of the teacher-social microgroup type.
intensive study of the acquisition of notions, formation of ideas and reasoning in students, for a better knowledge of their difficulties or possibilities, in learning Mathematics;
the extensive evaluation of the competencies and attitudes developed in the students, by learning Mathematics, as well as the psycho-socio-economic implications of this learning.
Well, considering all this, we can say that the topic under study in this paper, as well as others, falls into Category (A).
Research Questions
In our research we will try to find answers to the following questions:
-There are others structures of commutative ring defined on sets of integers, apart from the known ones, and which are isomorphic to the commutative ring of integers, (Z,+,)?
-How can these structures be identified?
Regarding the first question
We are thinking here of sets of integers, unbounded inferior, but bordered superiorly, or vice versa.
Regarding the second question
We refer here to the ways of determining both these structures and the isomorphisms between them.
Purpose of the Study
Therefore, we answered the two questions in Paragraph 3. Thus, for any numbers there are two pairs of laws of internal composition on the sets and Zb,+∞, let's say „♣” and „♦”, respectively „♥” and „♠”, so that (Z-∞,a,♣, ♦) and (Zb,+∞,♥,♠,) become commutative rings isomorphic to the ring (Z,+,).
Concretely, on the set of integers at most equal to 3, which we denote with
Research Methods
Let be a, b
Then the functions:
fb :
defined by:
and
are bijections, and their inverses are functions:
:
defined by:
and g (x)= ,
which, according to Vălcan, (2019) shows that:
whence it follows that:
the bijection that accomplishes this is:
ha,b=ga◦
:
where, for every x
ha,b(x)=ga( (x))= =a+b-x
=a-(x-b),
and
=fb◦
:
where, for every x
It follows that the following diagram (A) is commutative (see figure
Diagram (A)
The first fundamental result of this paragraph is:
ga :
where, for every x
and
and
:
is defined by:
.
So, according to Vălcan (2017), we obtain the two laws of composition „♣” and „♦” on the set of integers
Therefore, for every x, y
.
Now, for defining the law „♦”, we distinguish the following cases:
x♦y=g(g-1(x)g-1(y))= g =g =a-2
=a- .
x♦y=g(g-1(x)g-1(y))= g =a-2
=a- .
x♦y=g(g-1(x)g-1(y))= g
=a- +1.
x♦y=g(g-1(x)g-1(y)) =g
=a- +1.
Therefore, for every x, y
x♦y= .
On the other hand,
e
=ga(e
and
-x =ga(-g (x))=
= ,
and:
1 =ga(1)=a-2
and
x =ga =
= .
But, if a-x is even, then:
that is:
x=a-2=ga(1),
and if a-x is odd, then:
that is:
x=a-1=ga(-1).
Therefore, according to Vălcan (2017), (
a-2 and a-1.
Now let's show that, indeed, the function:
ga :
defined by: for any x
ga(x)= ,
is an isomorphism between the two rings. For this, we first notice that, for every x, y
ga(x+y)= .
Then:
a-ga(x)= anda-ga(y)= .
To determine the expression ga(x)♣ga(y) we distinguish the following cases:
ga(x)♣ga(y)=a-(a-ga(x))-(a-ga(y))=ga(x)+ga(y)-a
=a-2(x+y).
ga(x)♣ga(y)=a-(a-ga(x))-(a-ga(y))-1=ga(x)+ga(y)-a-1
=a+2(x+y)+1.
ga(x)♣ga(y)=
= .
ga(x)♣ga(y)=
= .
It follows that for every x, y
ga(x+y)=ga(x)♣ga(y).
Now, to determine the expression ga(x)♦ga(y) we distinguish the following cases:
ga(x)♦ga(y)=
=a-2xy.
ga(x)♦ga(y)=
=a-2xy.
ga(x)♦ga(y)=
=a+2xy+1.
ga(x)♦ga(y)=a- +1
=a+2xy+1.
On the other hand,
ga(xy)= .
So, for every x, y
ga(xy)=ga(x) ♦ga(y).
Therefore, according to Vălcan (2017), (
g0 :
defined by:
g0(x)=
and for which the inverse is:
.
The second fundamental result of this paper is:
fb :
where, for every x
fb(x)= ,
and
:
is defined by:
.
Hence, according to Vălcan (2017), obtain the two composition laws „♥” and „♠” on
x♥y= fb(f (x)+f (y))=fb =fb
=b+2 =x+y-b
=b+(x-b)+(y-b).
x♥y=fb(f (x)+f (y))=fb
=fb =b-2 -1=x+y-b+1
=b+(x-b)+(y-b)+1.
x♥y=fb(f (x)+f (y))=fb
=fb =
= .
x♥y=fb(f (x)+f (y))=fb
=fb =
= .
Therefore, for every x, y
x♥y= .
Now, defining the law „♠”, we distinguish the following cases:
x♠y=fb(f (x)f (y))=fb =fb =b+2
=b+ .
x♠y=fb(f (x)f (y))=fb =b+2
=b+ .
x♠y=fb(f (x)f (y))=fb
=b+ -1.
x♠y=fb(f (x)f (y))=fb
=b+ -1.
Therefore, for every x, y
x♠y= .
On the other hand,
e
=fb(e
and
-x =fb(-f (x))=
= ,
and:
1 =fb(1)=b+2
and
x =fb =
= .
But, if x-b is even, then:
that is:
x=b+2=fb(1),
and if x-b is odd, then:
that is:
x=b+1=fb(-1).
Therefore, according to Vălcan (2017), (
b+2 and b+1.
Now let's show that, indeed, the function:
fb :
defined by: for every x
fb(x)=
is an isomorphism between the two rings. For every x, y
fb(x+y)= .
Then:
fb(x)-b= andfb(y)-b= .
Now we determine the value of fb(x)♥fb(y). We distinguish the following cases:
fb(x)♥fb(y)=b+(fb(x)-b)+(fb(y)-b)=fb(x)+fb(y)-b=b+2(x+y).
fb(x)♥fb(y)=b+(fb(x)-b)+(fb(y)-b)+1=fb(x)+fb(y)-b+1=b-2(x+y)-1.
fb(x)♥fb(y)=
= .
fb(x)♥fb(y)=
= .
It foolows that, for every x, y
fb(x+y)=fb(x)♥fb(y).
Now, to determine the expression fb(x)♠fb(y), we distinguish the following cases:
fb(x)♠fb(y)=b+ =b+2xy.
fb(x)♠fb(y)=b+ =b+2xy.
fb(x)♠fb(y)=b+ -1=f-2xy-1.
fb(x)♠fb(y)=b+ -1=b-2xy-1.
On the other hand,
fb(xy)= .
Hence, for every x, y
fb(xy)=fb(x)♠fb(y).
Now, we can say that the theorem is completely proved.
At the end of this paragraph, three further remarks are required:
f0 :
defined by:
f0(x)= ,
whose inverse is the function:
:
defined by:
(x)= .

In the diagram (B) (see figure
and functions:
fa :
defined by:
fa(x)= andga(x)= ,
are bijections (they are precisely isomorphisms of rings), whose inverses are:
:
defined by:
(x)= and (x)= .
The function that achieves the isomorphism between the rings (
ha,a=ga◦f :
where, for every x
ha,a(x)=ga(f(x))= =2a-x
=a-(x-a),
and
h=fa◦g :
where, for every x
h(x)=fa(g(x))= =2a-x
=a+(a-x).
Findings
Therefore, we answered the two questions in Paragraph 3. Thus, for any number a, b
Concretely, on the set of integers not more than 3,
Conclusion
Everything we have done above can be rethought and put differently.
Let be a, b
Then the functions:
ga :
defined by:
fb(x)= andga(x)=
are bijections, and their inverses are functions:
g
:
defined by:
g (x)= andf (x)= ,
which, again according to Vălcan (2019), shows that:
whence it follows that:
the bijection that accomplishes this is:
ha,b=fb◦
:
where, for every x
fb(x)= andga(x)=
ha,b(x)=fb( (x))= =a+b-x
=b+(a-x),
and
=ga◦
:
where, for every x
h(x)=ga(f(x))= =a+b-x
=a-(x-b).
Therefore the following diagram (C) is commutative (see figure

Moreover, the results in Paragraph 5 can be obtained in exactly the same way, also starting from these bijections, so that the diagram (C), above, is a commutative diagram of commutative rings. We leave this to the reader who is attentive and interested in these issues.
Now we can say that the next diagram of rings is commutative, that is all the rings in this diagram are isomorphic. Moreover, all commutative rings of integers, determined in (Vălcan, 2020) are isomorphic with those determined in this paper.
So we have the following commutative diagram (D):

The isomorphisms in the diagram above are as follows (see figure 4):
f1 :
f :
f2 :
f
:
f3 :
f
:
f4 :
f
: p
f5 :
f
:
f6=f3◦ f
:
f
:
f7=f4◦ f
:
f
: p
f8 :
f
: p
f9 :
f
: p
f10 : p
f
: q
f11=f10◦f8 :
f
: q
f12=f11◦f
: p
f
: q
f13 : p
f
: q
f14= f13◦f
: q
f
: q
f15 :
f
: q
f16=f14◦f10 : p
f : q
f17=f15◦f6 :
f
: q
f18=f16◦f7 :
f
: q
At the end of this paper, we specify that the bijection from
f :
in which case:
f-1 :
The determination of the two operations on N is also left to the attentive and interested reader of these issues, to which we yield that we have formed a good image about the determination of the commutative rings of integers, isomorphic between them and isomorphic with the commutative ring (
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Vălcan, T. (2021). Other Structures Of Rings Of Integers Numbers, Isomorphic Between Them. In I. Albulescu, & N. Stan (Eds.), Education, Reflection, Development – ERD 2020, vol 104. European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences (pp. 384-402). European Publisher. https://doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2021.03.02.40