Ring theory MOC

Prime element

Let be a ring. A nonzero element is prime iff it is not a unit and it satisfies Euclid's lemma: #m/def/ring Whenever for then or .

This is one way to generalize the Prime number to an arbitrary ring.¹

Properties

• All primes are irreducible in an integral domain

See also

• Prime ideal

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