A simple characterization of principal ideal domains

Clifford S. Queen

Acta Arithmetica (1993)

  • Volume: 64, Issue: 2, page 125-128
  • ISSN: 0065-1036

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1. Introduction. In this note we give necessary and sufficient conditions for an integral domain to be a principal ideal domain. Curiously, these conditions are similar to those that characterize Euclidean domains. In Section 2 we establish notation, discuss related results and prove our theorem. Finally, in Section 3 we give two nontrivial applications to real quadratic number fields.

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Clifford S. Queen. "A simple characterization of principal ideal domains." Acta Arithmetica 64.2 (1993): 125-128. <http://eudml.org/doc/206541>.

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