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Origin of multiplicative inverse

First recorded in 1955–60

Since elements with multiplicative inverses are called units, Higman’s hypothesis came to be known as the unit conjecture.
Mathematician Disproves 80-Year-Old Algebra Conjecture|Erica Klarreich|April 12, 2021|Quanta Magazine
Somehow, the brevity of the message creates an inverse potential for misunderstanding.
What Would Jane Eyre Sext?|Jennie Yabroff|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This is an inverse Pietà, and something of a sexual anarchist; she ardently refuses to be oriented in an orientation.
Is Bigger Better for St. Vincent?|David Yaffe|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The meme is the inverse of Harvey Milk: you gotta take away all their hope.
D.C. Needs a Grassroots Fix That Will Come When Left and Right Find Common Ground|Lawrence Lessig|February 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

There is an inverse correlation at play: the nicer a man appears, the greater his cruelty behind closed doors.
American Dreams, 1963: ‘The Group’ by Mary McCarthy|Nathaniel Rich|July 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Whatever the answer, the inverse desire for unlikable characters—truly despicable ones—is interesting.
This Week’s Hot Reads: May 28, 2013|Jen Vafidis|May 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Now recall the series in an inverse order, beginning with “Fieldhand,” and going back to “Building.”
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
The first cost of these engines was probably in inverse proportion to their power.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
The pressure of darkness acts in inverse proportion upon different kinds of natures.
Toilers of the Sea|Victor Hugo
We shall, then, in a separate chapter, examine and endeavour to characterize the inverse process.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive|John Stuart Mill
And as will be shown presently, nothing of a really scientific character is here possible, except by the inverse deductive method.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive|John Stuart Mill