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A primitive ring which is a sum of two Wedderburn radical subrings

Author(s): A. V. Kelarev
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 125 (1997), 2191-2193.
MSC (1991): Primary 16N40; Secondary 16N60
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Abstract: We give an example of a primitive ring which is a sum of two Wedderburn radical subrings. This answers an open question and simplifies the proof of the known theorem that there exists a ring which is not nil but is a sum of two locally nilpotent subrings.


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Additional Information:

A. V. Kelarev
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Tasmania, G.P.O. Box~252~C, Hobart, Tasmania~7001, Australia
Email: kelarev@hilbert.maths.utas.edu.au

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-97-04169-5
PII: S 0002-9939(97)04169-5
Keywords: Nilpotent rings, locally nilpotent rings, nil rings
Received by editor(s): July 16, 1996
Additional Notes: The author was supported by a grant of the Australian Research Council.
Communicated by: Ken Goodearl
Copyright of article: Copyright 1997, American Mathematical Society


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