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factor ideals

factor ideals is the plural of factor ideal.

Meaning of factor ideal

Noun

factor ideal (plural factor ideals)

  1. (ring theory) For given ring R, any ideal I such that Q = R / I, the set of cosets of elements of I in R, is a ring (the quotient ring of I in R).
    • 1965 [Prentice-Hall], Seth Warner, Modern Algebra, 1990, Dover, page 651,
      Consequently, we may speak of the sequence of invariant factor ideals of a finitely generated unitary module over a principal ideal domain A.

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What is factor ideals the plural of?
Factor ideals is the plural of factor ideal.

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