principal ideal

noun Mathematics.

the smallest ideal containing a given element in a ring; an ideal in a ring with a multiplicative identity, obtained by multiplying each element of the ring by one specified element.

Origin of principal ideal

First recorded in 1935–40

Words nearby principal ideal

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