English

Regular elements determined by generalized inverses

Rings and Algebras 2018-07-03 v2

Abstract

In a semiprime ring, von Neumann regular elements are determined by their inner inverses. In particular, for elements a,ba,b of a von Neumann regular ring RR, a=ba=b if and only if I(a)=I(b)I(a)=I(b), where I(x)I(x) denotes the set of inner inverses of xRx\in R. We also prove that, in a semiprime ring, the same is true for reflexive inverses.

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@article{arxiv.1806.10212,
  title  = {Regular elements determined by generalized inverses},
  author = {Adel Alahmadi and S. K. Jain and André Leroy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.10212},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

4 pages, Accepted for publication in Journal of Algebras and its Applications