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A note on subdirectly irreducible rings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Shalom Feigelstock
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
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Abstract

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Let R be a commutative subdirectly irreducible ring, with minimal ideal M. It is shown that either R is a field, or M2 = 0. A construction is given which yields commutative sub-directly irreducible rings possessing nonzero-divisors, and nonzero nilpotent elements either with a unity element, or without. Such a ring without unity has been constructed by Divinsky. The same technique enables the construction of subdirectly irreducible rings with mixed additive groups.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1984

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