Rigid Ideals and Radicals of Ore Extensions

Abstract

For an endomorphism σ of a ring R, Krempa called σ a rigid endomorphism if aσ(a)=0 implies a=0 for a∈R. A ring R is called rigid if there exists a rigid endomorphism of R. In this paper, we extend the σ-rigid property of a ring R to an ideal of R. For a σ-ideal I of a ring R, we call I a σ-rigid ideal if aσ(a)∈I implies a∈I for a∈R. We characterize σ-rigid ideals and study related properties. The connections of the prime radical and the upper nil radical of R with the prime radical and the upper nil radical of the Ore extension R[x;σ,δ], respectively, are also investigated.