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A right (left) ideal of a ring having the following property: There is at least one element in such that for all from the difference belongs to (respectively, ). The element is called a left (right) identity modulo the ideal . In a ring with identity every ideal is modular. Every proper modular right (left) ideal can be imbedded in a maximal right (left) ideal, which is automatically modular. The intersection of all maximal modular right ideals of an associative ring coincides with the intersection of all maximal left modular ideals and is the Jacobson radical of the ring. Modular ideals are also called regular ideals.

References

[1] N. Jacobson, "Structure of rings" , Amer. Math. Soc. (1956)
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Modular ideal. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Modular_ideal&oldid=31546
This article was adapted from an original article by K.A. Zhevlakov (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article