principal ideal
nounMathematics.
the smallest ideal containing a given element in a ring; an ideal in a ring with a multiplicative identity, obtained by multiplying each element of the ring by one specified element.
Origin of principal ideal
1First recorded in 1935–40
Words Nearby principal ideal
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