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Section Daily Prep 15

You will practice with the definition of ideal and computation in quotient rings. We will also introduce the concepts of prime and maximal ideals.

Subsection Resources for Learning

Use these resources to prepare for class and answer the questions below.
Figure 153. Reference Video for Quotients
Figure 154. Reference Video for Ideals

Subsection Important Terms

Definition 156. Principal Ideal.

In a commutative ring \(R\text{,}\) the principal ideal generated by \(a\) is
\begin{equation*} \ideal{a}=\{ra\mid r \in R\}\text{.} \end{equation*}