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If H is a Hamel basis for a field \( {\user2{\mathbb{F}}} \) over a proper subfield of \( {\user2{\mathbb{F}}}, \) then H cannot be closed under the taking of products.
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Manuscript received: September 1, 2004 and, in final form, February 19, 2005.
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Mabry, R.D. No nontrivial Hamel basis is closed under multiplication. Aequ. math. 71, 294–299 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00010-005-2804-8
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