Definition:Principal Right Ideal of Ring

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Definition

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

Let $a \in R$.


We define:

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


The right ideal $aR$ is called the principal right ideal of $R$ generated by $a$.


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