a. Yes; [tex]\mathbb Z[/tex] is closed under addition b. No; [tex]m^2+n^2\ge0[/tex] for any integers [tex]m,n[/tex] c. Yes; self-evident d. No; similar to (b), because [tex]|n|\ge0[/tex] for any [tex]n\in\mathbb Z[/tex] e. Yes; [tex]\mathbb Z[/tex] is closed under subtraction