Allen Knutson's other class

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Mon Feb 12

Def. Nilpotents, radical ideals, zero divisors, domain, principal ideal, principal ideal domain, Euclidean domain.

Prop. If R has no nilpotents, but ab=0, we can embed R in R/< a > + R/< b >.

Theorem. EDs are PIDs.
Warning: EDs are a stupid concept, not the same level of importance as PIDs.

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