Buckley, Stephen M. and MacHale, Desmond
(2013)
Polynomials That Force a Unital Ring to be Commutative.
Results in Mathematics, 64 (1-2).
pp. 59-65.
ISSN 1422-6383
Abstract
We characterize polynomials f with integer coefficients such that a ring with unity R is necessarily commutative if f(R) = 0, in the sense that f(x) = 0 for all x∈R . Such a polynomial must be primitive, and for primitive polynomials the condition f(R) = 0 forces R to have nonzero characteristic. The task is then reduced to considering rings of prime power characteristic and the main step towards the full characterization is a characterization of polynomials f such that R is necessarily commutative if f(R) = 0 and R is a unital ring of characteristic some power of a fixed prime p.
Repository Staff Only(login required)
 |
Item control page |
Downloads per month over past year