On 1-absorbing prime ideals of commutative rings
Abstract
Let R be a commutative ring with identity. In this paper, we introduce the concept of 1-absorbing prime ideals which is a generalization of prime ideals. A proper ideal I of R is called 1-absorbing prime if for all nonunit elements a,b,c∈R such that abc∈I, then either ab∈I or c∈I. Some properties of 1-absorbing prime are studied. For instance, it is shown that if R admits a 1-absorbing prime ideal that is not a prime ideal, then R is a quasi–local ring. Among other things, it is proved that a proper ideal I of R is 1-absorbing prime if and only if the inclusion I1I2I3⊆I for some proper ideals I1,I2,I3 of R implies that I1I2⊆I or I3⊆I. Also, 1-absorbing prime ideals of PIDs, valuation domains, Prufer domains and idealization of a modules are characterized. Finally, an analogous to the Prime Avoidance Theorem and some applications of this theorem are given.
Communicated by T. H. Ha