 Semiprime ring (source code)

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= Semiprime ring
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A <ring> is semiprime when it has no nonzero <nilpotent ideals>. Equivalently, a two-sided <ideal> with square zero must be zero. This is weaker than having no nonzero nilpotent elements: a matrix ring over a <field> is semiprime and can have nilpotent matrices.

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