Prime Ring - Examples

Examples

  • Any domain is a prime ring.
  • Any simple ring is a prime ring, and more generally: every left or right primitive ring is a prime ring.
  • Any matrix ring over an integral domain is a prime ring. In particular, the ring of 2-by-2 integer matrices is a prime ring.

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