Semiclean and quasi-clean elements in rings
摘要
We prove uniquely semiclean rings are reduced and hence Abelian. The semi-clean elements of R, R[x], and Mn(R) are compared. In particular, we show that the indeterminate x is never semiclean. The 2-primality of a ring R is characterized via the semiclean elements of R[x]. We also consider the quasi-clean elements of a ring R and compare them with the semiclean elements of R.