Concept

Primitive ideal

Résumé
In mathematics, specifically ring theory, a left primitive ideal is the annihilator of a (nonzero) simple left module. A right primitive ideal is defined similarly. Left and right primitive ideals are always two-sided ideals. Primitive ideals are prime. The quotient of a ring by a left primitive ideal is a left primitive ring. For commutative rings the primitive ideals are maximal, and so commutative primitive rings are all fields. The primitive spectrum of a ring is a non-commutative analog of the prime spectrum of a commutative ring. Let A be a ring and the set of all primitive ideals of A. Then there is a topology on , called the Jacobson topology, defined so that the closure of a subset T is the set of primitive ideals of A containing the intersection of elements of T. Now, suppose A is an associative algebra over a field. Then, by definition, a primitive ideal is the kernel of an irreducible representation of A and thus there is a surjection Example: the spectrum of a unital C*-algebra.
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