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Centralizer near-rings over free ring modules

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

C. J. Maxson
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics Texas A & M University College StationTexas 77843, U.S.A.
A. P. J. Van Der Walt
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics Stellenbosch UniversityStellenbosch, 7600, South Africa
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Abstract

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We treat centralizer near-rings over ring modules in general, with particular emphasis on the case of free modules. Questions like the following are answered. When is the near-ring a nonring? When is the near-ring simple? What are its maximal and minimal left ideals? What is its subgroup structure? What is the radical? The cases where the ring concerned is a PID or a field are treated in some detail.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1991

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