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From our first course in abstract algebra, we learned that ℝ, the set of all integers, is not only a ring, but an ordered ring, in that we have the ordering relation
between its elements. For arbitrary rings, it is also of significance to study their orderings if they exist.
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Lam, T.Y. (1995). Ordered Structures in Rings. In: Exercises in Classical Ring Theory. Problem Books in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3987-9_6
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