Prime ideals of a Boolean ring are maximal

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Prime ideals of a Boolean ring are maximal by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
A nonzero Boolean integral domain has only the elements zero and one, so it is . The quotient criterion then makes every prime quotient of a Boolean ring a field, and every prime ideal maximal.

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