Direct Sum of Rings
Given a finite family of rings R1, ..., Rn, the direct product of the Ri is sometimes called the direct sum.
Note that in the category of commutative rings, the direct sum is not the coproduct. Instead, the coproduct is the tensor product of rings.
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