Glossary of Ring Theory - Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Characteristic
The characteristic of a ring is the smallest positive integer n satisfying nx=0 for all elements x of the ring, if such an n exists. Otherwise, the characteristic is 0.
Krull dimension of a commutative ring
The maximal length of a strictly increasing chain of prime ideals in the ring.

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