On feckly clean rings

Abstract

A ring R is feckly clean provided that for any a ∈ R there exists an element e ∈ R and a full element u ∈ R such that a = e + u, eR(1 - e) ⊆ J(R). We prove that a ring R is feckly clean if and only if for any a ∈ R, there exists an element e ∈ R such that V(a) ⊆ V(e), V(1 - a) ⊆ V(1 - e) and eR(1 - e) ⊆ J(R), if and only if for any distinct maximal ideals M and N, there exists an element e ∈ R such that e ∈ M, 1 - e ∈ N and eR(1 - e) ⊆ J(R), if and only if J- spec (R) is strongly zero-dimensional, if and only if Max (R) is strongly zero-dimensional and every prime ideal containing J(R) is contained in a unique maximal ideal. More explicit characterizations are also discussed for commutative feckly clean rings.