Commutative Ring

In ring theory, a branch of abstract algebra, a commutative ring is a ring in which the multiplication operation is commutative. The study of commutative rings is called commutative algebra.

Some specific kinds of commutative rings are given with the following chain of class inclusions:

Commutative ringsintegral domainsintegrally closed domainsunique factorization domainsprincipal ideal domainsEuclidean domainsfields
Algebraic structures
Group-like structures Semigroup and Monoid
Quasigroup and Loop
Abelian group
Ring-like structures Semiring
Near-ring
Ring
Commutative ring
Integral domain
Field
Lattice-like structures Semilattice
Lattice
Map of lattices
Module-like structures Group with operators
Module
Vector space
Algebra-like structures Algebra
Associative algebra
Non-associative algebra
Graded algebra
Bialgebra

Read more about Commutative Ring:  Ideals and The Spectrum, Ring Homomorphisms, Modules, Noetherian Rings, Dimension, Constructing Commutative Rings, Properties

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