Free Ideal Rings and Localization in General Rings, Hardback Book

Free Ideal Rings and Localization in General Rings Hardback

Part of the New Mathematical Monographs series

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Proving that a polynomial ring in one variable over a field is a principal ideal domain can be done by means of the Euclidean algorithm, but this does not extend to more variables.

However, if the variables are not allowed to commute, giving a free associative algebra, then there is a generalization, the weak algorithm, which can be used to prove that all one-sided ideals are free.

This book presents the theory of free ideal rings (firs) in detail.

Particular emphasis is placed on rings with a weak algorithm, exemplified by free associative algebras.

There is also a full account of localization which is treated for general rings but the features arising in firs are given special attention.

Each section has a number of exercises, including some open problems, and each chapter ends in a historical note.

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