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The following proposition is a generalization of how to create a reduced residue system of integers from others".

Proposition: Principal Ideal Generated by A Unit

An element $c$ is a unit of an integral domain $(R, + ,\cdot)$ if and only if the principal ideal $(c)$ equals the whole domain $R$; formally $$c\in R^\ast\Longleftrightarrow ( c )=R.$$

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1. Modler, Florian; Kreh, Martin: "Tutorium Algebra", Springer Spektrum, 2013