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Unique factorisation of normal elements in polynomial rings
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 November 2011
Synopsis
We consider the class of Noetherian UFN-rings, that is, Noetherian prime rings such that every non-zero ideal contains a non-zero normal element and such that the monoid of non-zero normal elements is a unique factorisation monoid. We ask whether this class of rings, a generalisation of the commutative Noetherian unique factorisation domains (UFD), is closed under polynomial extensions. The general question is apparently difficult and remains open. However, we give positive answers in special cases, in particular, for algebras over an infinite field and for domains.
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- Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 110 , Issue 3-4 , 1988 , pp. 241 - 247
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- Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1988
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