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A ring for which the product of any pair of ideals is zero only if one of the two ideals is zero. All simple rings are prime.


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Ideal, Ring, Semiprime Ring, Simple Ring

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Prime Ring." FromMathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/PrimeRing.html

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