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Primary rings and tensor products of algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

L. O'Carroll
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh
M. A. Qureshi
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh

Extract

All rings considered in this paper are non-trivial commutative algebras over a field k; unless indicated otherwise, all tensor products are understood to be taken over k. (Some of the results and concepts extend to general rings, but it is not worth while noting such generalizations.)

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1982

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