quotient ring

plural quotient rings

1. ring theoryalgebraFor a given ring R and ideal I contained in R, another ring, denoted R / I, whose elements are the cosets of I in R.

   2. An ideal P of the ring R is prime if and only if the quotient ring R/P is a domain.

   2012, Oleg A. Logachev, A. A. Salnikov, V. V. Yashchenko, translated by Svetla Nikova, Boolean Functions in Coding Theory and Cryptography, American Mathematical Society, page 10

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   The third section covers a construct similar to the ring S°R — the maximal quotient ring, which exists for any ring. (When R is nonsingular, the maximal quotient ring is exactly S°R.) Finally, Section D provides an answer to the question of which right and left nonsingular rings have coinciding maximal right and left quotient rings.

   1976, Kenneth Goodearl, Ring Theory: Nonsingular Rings and Modules, CRC Press, page 39

   On the other hand if already every element of R is either invertible or a zerodivisor, then R is its own classical quotient ring.

   2006, Peter A. Linnell, “Noncommutative localization in group rings”, in Andrew Ranicki, editor, Noncommutative Localization in Algebra and Topology, Cambridge University Press, page 42

   Synonyms: difference ring, factor ring, residue class ring