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Title of object: Chinese remainder theorem
Canonical Name: ChineseRemainderTheorem2
Type: Theorem

Created on: 2002-02-03 01:43:37
Modified on: 2002-08-20 02:08:50

Creator: bwebste
Modifier: bwebste
Author: nerdy2

Classification: msc:11N99, msc:11A05, msc:13A15

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Content:

Let $R$ be a commutative ring with identity. If $a_1,\ldots,a_n$ are ideals of $R$ such that $a_i + a_j = R$ whenever $i\neq j$, then $\cap a_i = \prod a_i$ and
$\frac{R}{\prod a_i} = \prod \frac{R}{a_i}$