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Rings with linearly ordered right annihilators

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We introduce the class of lineal rings, defined by the property that the lattice of right annihilators is linearly ordered. We obtain results on the structure of these rings, their ideals, and important radicals; for instance, we show that the lower and upper nilradicals of these rings coincide. We also obtain an affirmative answer to the Köthe Conjecture for this class of rings. We study the relationships between lineal rings, distributive rings, Bézout rings, strongly prime rings, and Armendariz rings. In particular, we show that lineal rings need not be Armendariz, but they fall not far short.

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 63103, USA

    Greg Marks

  2. Faculty of Computer Science, Bialystok University of Technology, Wiejska 45A, 15–351, Białystok, Poland

    Ryszard Mazurek

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Marks, G., Mazurek, R. Rings with linearly ordered right annihilators. Isr. J. Math. 216, 415–440 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11856-016-1415-5

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