"principal ideal" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: principal ideals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} principal ideal (plural principal ideals)
  1. (algebra) An ideal I in an algebraic object R (which could be a ring, algebra, semigroup or lattice) that is generated by a given single element a ∈ R; the smallest ideal that contains a. Wikipedia link: principal ideal Categories (topical): Algebra Synonyms (smallest ideal that contains a given element): two-sided principal ideal Derived forms: left principal ideal, principal fractional ideal, principal ideal domain, right principal ideal
    Sense id: en-principal_ideal-en-noun-u2iAcL3G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences

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