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On the Periodic Radical of a Ring

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Xiuzhan Guo*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221008, China
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Abstract

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Let R be a ring and P(R) the sum of all periodic ideals of R. We prove that P(R) is the intersection of all prime ideals Pα such that contains no nontrivial periodic ideals. We also prove that P(R) = 0 if and only if Rs is a subdirect product of prime rings Rα with P(Rα) = 0.

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Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1995

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