An essential right ideal is an essential submodule of the right regular module of a ring. Every right ideal containing an essential right ideal is essential.
If is a regular element of a ring in a right Noetherian ring and a nonzero right ideal had , cancellation would make an infinite direct sum of nonzero right ideals. Its finite partial sums contradict the ascending chain condition. Thus is an essential right ideal.
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