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Title of object: Dense ideals/subsets of a ring
Canonical Name: DenseIdealssubsetsOfARing
Type: Definition

Created on: 2006-10-29 12:57:33
Modified on: 2006-10-30 15:56:41

Creator: jocaps
Modifier: jocaps
Author: jocaps

Classification: msc:16D25
Defines: dense subset of a ring, dense ideals

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Given a ring $R$, an ideal/subset $I\subset R$ is said to be \PMlinkescapetext{\emph{dense}} iff both its left and right annihilator are $\{0\}$, in other words
$$\mathrm{l.ann}(I)=\mathrm{r.ann}(I)=\{0\}$$