regular ring

GPTKB entity

Statements (22)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:algebra
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:von_Neumann_regular_ring
gptkbp:category ring theory
gptkbp:compatibleWith not all regular rings are commutative
gptkbp:defines a ring in which every element a has an x such that a = axa
gptkbp:example any field
the product of fields
the ring of n x n matrices over a division ring
gptkbp:field abstract algebra
gptkbp:generalizes gptkb:Boolean_ring
division ring
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label regular ring
gptkbp:introducedIn 1936
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:John_von_Neumann
gptkbp:property every principal left ideal is generated by an idempotent
every principal right ideal is generated by an idempotent
gptkbp:relatedTo semisimple ring
idempotent element
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cohen–Macaulay_ring
gptkb:Gorenstein_ring
gptkb:von_Neumann_regular_ring
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6