Definition:Principal Left Ideal of Ring

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Definition

Let $\struct {R, +, \circ}$ be a ring with unity.

Let $a \in R$.


We define:

$Ra = \ds \set {r \circ a : r \in R}$


The left ideal $Ra$ is called the principal left ideal of $R$ generated by $a$.


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