Minimal prime ideals of reduced rings
Journal
Communications in Algebra
Journal Volume
46
Journal Issue
8
Pages
3436-3441
Date Issued
2018
Author(s)
Abstract
Let R be a reduced ring with Q its Martindale symmetric ring of quotients, and let B be the complete Boolean algebra of all idempotents in C, where C is the extended centroid of R. It is proved that every minimal prime ideal of R must be of the form mQ∩R for some maximal ideal m of B but the converse is in general not true. In addition, if R is centrally closed or has only finitely many minimal prime ideals, then the converse also holds. By applying the explicit expression, many properties of minimal prime ideals of reduced rings are realized more easily.