When is every matrix over a division ring a sum of an idempotent and a nilpotent
When is every matrix over a division ring a sum of an idempotent and a nilpotent
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DOI:
10.1016/j.laa.2014.02.047
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发表时间:
2014-06
影响因子:
1.1
通讯作者:
M. Koşan;Tsiu-Kwen Lee;Yiqiang Zhou
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作者:
M. Koşan;Tsiu-Kwen Lee;Yiqiang Zhou
A ring is called nil-clean if each of its elements is a sum of an idempotent and a nilpotent. In response to a question of S. Breaz et al. in [1], we prove that the n× n matrix ring over a division ring D is a nil-clean ring if and only if D≅ F 2. As consequences, it is shown that the n× n matrix ring over a strongly regular ring R is a nil-clean ring if and only if R is a Boolean ring, and that a semilocal ring R is nil-clean if and only if its Jacobson radical J (R) is nil and R/J (R) is a direct product of matrix rings over F 2.