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Unique Factorization Domain
In mathematics, a unique factorization domain (UFD) (also sometimes called a factorial ring following the terminology of Bourbaki) is a ring in which a statement analogous to the fundamental theorem of arithmetic holds. Specifically, a UFD is an integral domain (a nontrivial commutative ring in which the product of any two non-zero elements is non-zero) in which every non-zero non- unit element can be written as a product of irreducible elements, uniquely up to order and units. Important examples of UFDs are the integers and polynomial rings in one or more variables with coefficients coming from the integers or from a field. Unique factorization domains appear in the following chain of class inclusions: Definition Formally, a unique factorization domain is defined to be an integral domain ''R'' in which every non-zero element ''x'' of ''R'' which is not a unit can be written as a finite product of irreducible elements ''p''''i'' of ''R'': : ''x'' = ''p''1 ''p''2 � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Mathematics
Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many areas of mathematics, which include number theory (the study of numbers), algebra (the study of formulas and related structures), geometry (the study of shapes and spaces that contain them), Mathematical analysis, analysis (the study of continuous changes), and set theory (presently used as a foundation for all mathematics). Mathematics involves the description and manipulation of mathematical object, abstract objects that consist of either abstraction (mathematics), abstractions from nature orin modern mathematicspurely abstract entities that are stipulated to have certain properties, called axioms. Mathematics uses pure reason to proof (mathematics), prove properties of objects, a ''proof'' consisting of a succession of applications of in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Fundamental Theorem Of Arithmetic
In mathematics, the fundamental theorem of arithmetic, also called the unique factorization theorem and prime factorization theorem, states that every integer greater than 1 is prime or can be represented uniquely as a product of prime numbers, up to the order of the factors. For example, : 1200 = 2^4 \cdot 3^1 \cdot 5^2 = (2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2) \cdot 3 \cdot (5 \cdot 5) = 5 \cdot 2 \cdot 5 \cdot 2 \cdot 3 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 = \ldots The theorem says two things about this example: first, that 1200 be represented as a product of primes, and second, that no matter how this is done, there will always be exactly four 2s, one 3, two 5s, and no other primes in the product. The requirement that the factors be prime is necessary: factorizations containing composite numbers may not be unique (for example, 12 = 2 \cdot 6 = 3 \cdot 4). This theorem is one of the main reasons why 1 is not considered a prime number: if 1 were prime, then factorization into primes would not be unique; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Coordinate Ring
In algebraic geometry, an affine variety or affine algebraic variety is a certain kind of algebraic variety that can be described as a subset of an affine space. More formally, an affine algebraic set is the set of the common zeros over an algebraically closed field of some family of polynomials in the polynomial ring k _1, \ldots,x_n An affine variety is an affine algebraic set which is not the union of two smaller algebraic sets; algebraically, this means that (the radical of) the ideal generated by the defining polynomials is prime. One-dimensional affine varieties are called affine algebraic curves, while two-dimensional ones are affine algebraic surfaces. Some texts use the term ''variety'' for any algebraic set, and ''irreducible variety'' an algebraic set whose defining ideal is prime (affine variety in the above sense). In some contexts (see, for example, Hilbert's Nullstellensatz), it is useful to distinguish the field in which the coefficients are considered, fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Localization Of A Ring
Localization or localisation may refer to: Biology * Localization of function, locating psychological functions in the brain or nervous system; see Linguistic intelligence * Localization of sensation, ability to tell what part of the body is affected by touch or other sensation; see Allochiria * Neurologic localization, in neurology, the process of deducing the location of injury based on symptoms and neurological examination * Nuclear localization signal, an amino acid sequence on the surface of a protein which acts like a 'tag' to localize the protein in the cell * Sound localization, a listener's ability to identify the location or origin of a detected sound * Subcellular localization, organization of cellular components into different regions of a cell Engineering and technology * GSM localization, determining the location of an active cell phone or wireless transceiver * Robot localization, figuring out robot's position in an environment * Indoor positioning system, a networ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Noetherian Ring
In mathematics, a Noetherian ring is a ring that satisfies the ascending chain condition on left and right ideals. If the chain condition is satisfied only for left ideals or for right ideals, then the ring is said left-Noetherian or right-Noetherian respectively. Formally, every increasing sequence I_1\subseteq I_2 \subseteq I_3 \subseteq \cdots of left (or right) ideals has a largest element; that is, there exists an n such that I_=I_=\cdots. Equivalently, a ring is left-Noetherian (respectively right-Noetherian) if every left ideal (respectively right-ideal) is finitely generated. A ring is Noetherian if it is both left- and right-Noetherian. Noetherian rings are fundamental in both commutative and noncommutative ring theory since many rings that are encountered in mathematics are Noetherian (in particular the ring of integers, polynomial rings, and rings of algebraic integers in number fields), and many general theorems on rings rely heavily on the Noetherian property ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Zariski Ring
In commutative algebra, a Zariski ring is a commutative Noetherian topological ring ''A'' whose topology is defined by an ideal \mathfrak a contained in the Jacobson radical In mathematics, more specifically ring theory, the Jacobson radical of a ring R is the ideal consisting of those elements in R that annihilate all simple right R- modules. It happens that substituting "left" in place of "right" in the definitio ..., the intersection of all maximal ideals. They were introduced by under the name "semi-local ring" which now means something different, and named "Zariski rings" by . Examples of Zariski rings are noetherian local rings with the topology induced by the maximal ideal, and \mathfrak a-adic completions of Noetherian rings. Let ''A'' be a Noetherian topological ring with the topology defined by an ideal \mathfrak a. Then the following are equivalent. * ''A'' is a Zariski ring. * The completion \widehat is faithfully flat over ''A'' (in general, it is only flat ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Regular Local Ring
In commutative algebra, a regular local ring is a Noetherian local ring having the property that the minimal number of generators of its maximal ideal is equal to its Krull dimension. In symbols, let A be any Noetherian local ring with unique maximal ideal \mathfrak, and suppose a_1,\cdots,a_n is a minimal set of generators of \mathfrak. Then Krull's principal ideal theorem implies that n\geq\dim A, and A is regular whenever n=\dim A. The concept is motivated by its geometric meaning. A point x on an algebraic variety X is nonsingular (a smooth point) if and only if the local ring \mathcal_ of germs at x is regular. (See also: regular scheme.) Regular local rings are ''not'' related to von Neumann regular rings. For Noetherian local rings, there is the following chain of inclusions: Characterizations There are a number of useful definitions of a regular local ring, one of which is mentioned above. In particular, if A is a Noetherian local ring with maximal ideal \mathfrak, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Auslander–Buchsbaum Theorem
In commutative algebra, the Auslander–Buchsbaum theorem states that regular local rings are unique factorization domains. The theorem was first proved by . They showed that regular local ring In mathematics, more specifically in ring theory, local rings are certain rings that are comparatively simple, and serve to describe what is called "local behaviour", in the sense of functions defined on algebraic varieties or manifolds, or of ...s of dimension 3 are unique factorization domains, and had previously shown that this implies that all regular local rings are unique factorization domains. References * * Commutative algebra Theorems in ring theory {{commutative-algebra-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Prime Ideal
In algebra, a prime ideal is a subset of a ring (mathematics), ring that shares many important properties of a prime number in the ring of Integer#Algebraic properties, integers. The prime ideals for the integers are the sets that contain all the multiple (mathematics), multiples of a given prime number, together with the zero ideal. Primitive ideals are prime, and prime ideals are both primary ideal, primary and semiprime ideal, semiprime. Prime ideals for commutative rings Definition An ideal (ring theory), ideal of a commutative ring is prime if it has the following two properties: * If and are two elements of such that their product is an element of , then is in or is in , * is not the whole ring . This generalizes the following property of prime numbers, known as Euclid's lemma: if is a prime number and if divides a product of two integers, then divides or divides . We can therefore say :A positive integer is a prime number if and only if n\Z is a prime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Local Ring
In mathematics, more specifically in ring theory, local rings are certain rings that are comparatively simple, and serve to describe what is called "local behaviour", in the sense of functions defined on algebraic varieties or manifolds, or of algebraic number fields examined at a particular place, or prime. Local algebra is the branch of commutative algebra that studies commutative local rings and their modules. In practice, a commutative local ring often arises as the result of the localization of a ring at a prime ideal. The concept of local rings was introduced by Wolfgang Krull in 1938 under the name ''Stellenringe''. The English term ''local ring'' is due to Zariski. Definition and first consequences A ring ''R'' is a local ring if it has any one of the following equivalent properties: * ''R'' has a unique maximal left ideal. * ''R'' has a unique maximal right ideal. * 1 ≠ 0 and the sum of any two non- units in ''R'' is a non-unit. * 1 ≠ 0 and if ''x ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Regular Local Ring
In commutative algebra, a regular local ring is a Noetherian local ring having the property that the minimal number of generators of its maximal ideal is equal to its Krull dimension. In symbols, let A be any Noetherian local ring with unique maximal ideal \mathfrak, and suppose a_1,\cdots,a_n is a minimal set of generators of \mathfrak. Then Krull's principal ideal theorem implies that n\geq\dim A, and A is regular whenever n=\dim A. The concept is motivated by its geometric meaning. A point x on an algebraic variety X is nonsingular (a smooth point) if and only if the local ring \mathcal_ of germs at x is regular. (See also: regular scheme.) Regular local rings are ''not'' related to von Neumann regular rings. For Noetherian local rings, there is the following chain of inclusions: Characterizations There are a number of useful definitions of a regular local ring, one of which is mentioned above. In particular, if A is a Noetherian local ring with maximal ideal \mathfrak, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Formal Power Series
In mathematics, a formal series is an infinite sum that is considered independently from any notion of convergence, and can be manipulated with the usual algebraic operations on series (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, partial sums, etc.). A formal power series is a special kind of formal series, of the form \sum_^\infty a_nx^n=a_0+a_1x+ a_2x^2+\cdots, where the a_n, called ''coefficients'', are numbers or, more generally, elements of some ring, and the x^n are formal powers of the symbol x that is called an indeterminate or, commonly, a variable. Hence, power series can be viewed as a generalization of polynomials where the number of terms is allowed to be infinite, and differ from usual power series by the absence of convergence requirements, which implies that a power series may not represent a function of its variable. Formal power series are in one to one correspondence with their sequences of coefficients, but the two concepts must not be confused, sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |