Math 2.0

concept

Maximal ideal

Summary

A maximal ideal of a ring is a proper ideal that is not contained in a larger proper ideal. The maximal ideals of Z\mathbb{Z} are the ideals pZp\mathbb{Z} for pp prime. The definition of a maximal ideal gives the conditions.

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  • edge instance_of in: at least two examples (0 of 2)
  • edge not_instance_of in: at least one non-example (0 of 1)
  • edge specializes both: the more general notions and the special cases (0 of 1)

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Sources

  1. Web https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximal_ideal, lead section