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Prime Ring


A ring for which the product of any pair of ideals is zero only if one of the two ideals is zero. All simple rings are prime.


See also

Ideal, Ring, Semiprime Ring, Simple Ring

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Prime Ring." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/PrimeRing.html

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