We will show that if every prime ideal in a ring R is principal, then R is a PID » Assume that the set of non-principal ideals is non-empty. Show it is a maximal element I using Zorn's Lemma; note that I cannot be prime . Let a,b ¢ l be elements such that ał 1 since 1 is not prime. Let J {r E R : ra E「}. Prove that + (a) and J are principal ideals so I (a)-(a') and J (j), and that . Let i E「. Show that i = ra, for some r E J, and prove that = I +(a))J which is principal, a contradiction

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We will show that if every prime ideal in a ring R is principal, then R is a
PID
» Assume that the set of non-principal ideals is non-empty. Show it is a
maximal element I using Zorn's Lemma; note that I cannot be prime
. Let a,b ¢ l be elements such that ał 1 since 1 is not prime. Let
J {r E R : ra E「}. Prove that + (a) and J are principal ideals
so I (a)-(a') and J (j), and that
. Let i E「. Show that i = ra, for some r E J, and prove that
=
I +(a))J which is principal, a contradiction
Transcribed Image Text:We will show that if every prime ideal in a ring R is principal, then R is a PID » Assume that the set of non-principal ideals is non-empty. Show it is a maximal element I using Zorn's Lemma; note that I cannot be prime . Let a,b ¢ l be elements such that ał 1 since 1 is not prime. Let J {r E R : ra E「}. Prove that + (a) and J are principal ideals so I (a)-(a') and J (j), and that . Let i E「. Show that i = ra, for some r E J, and prove that = I +(a))J which is principal, a contradiction
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