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radical ideal

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

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An ideal I within a ring R that is its own radical (i.e., for any r ∈ R, if rn ∈ I for some positive integer n, then r ∈ I).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: commutative algebra; ring theory; commutative algebra; ring theory

Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences

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  • 1981, Harry C. Hutchins, Examples of Commutative Rings, Polygonal Publishing House, page 3, Any intersection of radical ideals is again a radical ideal. Since not every intersection of prime ideals is a prime ideal, it follows that not all radical ideals are prime.
  • 1997, D. D. Anderson, Dong Je Kwak, Some Remarks on G-Noetherian Rings, Paul-Jean Cahen, Marco Fontana, Evan Houston, Salah-Eddine Kabbaj (editors), Commutative Ring Theory: Proceedings of the II International Conference, Marcel Dekker, page 30, Thus Theorem 2 [8] is a special case of the well-known result that a commutative ring R satisfies the ascending chain condition on radical ideals if and only if R satisfies the ascending chain condition on prime ideals and each radical ideal of R is a finite intersection of prime ideals [...] .

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