ArticleOriginal scientific text

Title

The rings which are Boolean

Authors 1, 1

Affiliations

  1. Department of Algebra and Geometry, Palacký University Olomouc, 17. listopadu 12, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic

Abstract

We study unitary rings of characteristic 2 satisfying identity xp=x for some natural number p. We characterize several infinite families of these rings which are Boolean, i.e., every element is idempotent. For example, it is in the case if p=2n-2 or p=2n-5 or p=2n+1 for a suitable natural number n. Some other (more general) cases are solved for p expressed in the form 2q+2m+1 or 2q+2m where q is a natural number and m{1,2,...,2q-1}.

Keywords

Boolean ring, unitary ring, characteristic 2

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Pages:
175-184
Main language of publication
English
Received
2011-02-17
Accepted
2011-06-22
Published
2011
Exact and natural sciences