Studies in Rings generalised Unique Factorisation Rings
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Proposition loll.<br />
Let R be a right Noetherian r<strong>in</strong>g and let S be a<br />
subr<strong>in</strong>g of M (R).<br />
n<br />
If S conta<strong>in</strong>s the 5ubr<strong>in</strong>g<br />
RI = {diagOnal (r,r ... ,r) IrE: R} of all<br />
scalar matrices, then S is right Noetherian.<br />
In particular<br />
M (R) is a right Noetherian r<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
n<br />
Proof<br />
It is obvious that R is isomorphic to RI and M<br />
n<br />
(R)<br />
is generated as a right RI module by the standard n x n<br />
matrix unitso S<strong>in</strong>ce R' is right Noetherian and the<br />
number of e .. 1 5 is f<strong>in</strong>ite, Mn(R) is a Noetherian RI-module,<br />
1.J I<br />
by corollary 1 09.<br />
As all right ideals of S are also right<br />
R'-submodules of M (R), we conclude that S is right Noetherian.<br />
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PRIME<br />
IDEALS<br />
It is well known<br />
that the prime ideals are the<br />
'build<strong>in</strong>g blo~ks' of ideal theory <strong>in</strong> commutative r<strong>in</strong>gs.<br />
We recall that a proper ideal P <strong>in</strong> a commutative r<strong>in</strong>g is<br />
said to be prime if whenever we have two elements a and b<br />
<strong>in</strong> R such tha t ab E: P, i t follows tha t either a e P or<br />
b € P; equivalently P is prime if and only if RIp is a<br />
doma<strong>in</strong>.