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A new characterization of Dedekind domains

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2009

D. D. Anderson
Affiliation:
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
E. W. Johnson
Affiliation:
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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Throughout this paper all rings are assumed commutative with identity. Among integral domains, Dedekind domains are characterized by the property that every ideal is a product of prime ideals. For a history and proof of this result the reader is referred to Cohen [2, pp. 31–32]. More generally, Mori [5] has shown that a ring has the property that every ideal is a product of prime ideals if and only if it is a finite direct product of Dedekind domains and special principal ideal rings (SPIRS). Rings with this property are called general Z.P.I.-rings.

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Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 1986

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