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minimal prime ideal (Definition)

A prime ideal $P$ of a ring $R$ is called a minimal prime ideal if it does not properly contain any other prime ideal of $R$ .

If $R$ is a prime ring, then the zero ideal is a prime ideal, and is thus the unique minimal prime ideal of $R$ .




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Cross-references: zero ideal, prime ring, contain, ring, prime ideal
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This is version 2 of minimal prime ideal, born on 2001-11-23, modified 2003-09-20.
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AMS MSC16D80 (Associative rings and algebras :: Modules, bimodules and ideals :: Other classes of modules and ideals)

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