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principal ideals

principal ideals is the plural of principal ideal.

Meaning of principal ideal

Noun

principal ideal (plural principal ideals)

  1. An ideal I in an algebraic object R (which could be a ring, algebra, semigroup or lattice) that is generated by a given single element a ∈ R; the smallest ideal that contains a.
    Synonyms:
    two-sided principal ideal

Questions about principal ideals

What is principal ideals the plural of?
Principal ideals is the plural of principal ideal.

Words near principal ideals in the dictionary

  1. principal ideal
  2. principal ideal domain
  3. principal ideal domains
  4. principal ideal ring
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