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A $*$-ring $R$ is strongly 2-nil-$*$-clean if every element in $R$ is the sum of two projections and a nilpotent that commute. Fundamental properties of such $*$-rings are obtained. We prove that a $*$-ring $R$ is strongly 2-nil-$*$-clean if and only if for all $a\in R$, $a^2\in R$ is strongly nil-$*$-clean, if and only if for any $a\in R$ there exists a $*$-tripotent $e\in R$ such that $a-e\in R$ is nilpotent and $ea=ae$, if and only if $R$ is a strongly $*$-clean SN ring, if and only if $R$ is abelian, $J\left(R\right)$ is nil and $R/J\left(R\right)$ is $*$-tripotent. Furthermore, we explore the structure...

We completely determine when a ring consists entirely of weak idempotents, units and nilpotents. We prove that such ring is exactly isomorphic to one of the following: a Boolean ring; ${\mathbb{Z}}_3\oplus {\mathbb{Z}}_3$; ${\mathbb{Z}}_3\oplus B$ where $B$ is a Boolean ring; local ring with nil Jacobson radical; $M_2\left({\mathbb{Z}}_2\right)$ or $M_2\left({\mathbb{Z}}_3\right)$; or the ring of a Morita context with zero pairings where the underlying rings are ${\mathbb{Z}}_2$ or ${\mathbb{Z}}_3$.

A ring $R$ is (weakly) nil clean provided that every element in $R$ is the sum of a (weak) idempotent and a nilpotent. We characterize nil and weakly nil matrix rings over abelian rings. Let $R$ be abelian, and let $n\in \mathbb{N}$. We prove that $M_n\left(R\right)$ is nil clean if and only if $R/J\left(R\right)$ is Boolean and $M_n\left(J\left(R\right)\right)$ is nil. Furthermore, we prove that $R$ is weakly nil clean if and only if $R$ is periodic; $R/J\left(R\right)$ is ${\mathbb{Z}}_3$, $B$ or ${\mathbb{Z}}_3\oplus B$ where $B$ is a Boolean ring, and that $M_n\left(R\right)$ is weakly nil clean if and only if $M_n\left(R\right)$ is nil clean for all $n\ge 2$.

We determine when an element in a noncommutative ring is the sum of an idempotent and a radical element that commute. We prove that a $2\times 2$ matrix $A$ over a projective-free ring $R$ is strongly $J$-clean if and only if $A\in J\left(M_2\left(R\right)\right)$, or $I_2-A\in J\left(M_2\left(R\right)\right)$, or $A$ is similar to $\left(\begin{array}{cc}0& \lambda \\ 1& \mu \end{array}\right)$, where $\lambda \in J\left(R\right)$, $\mu \in 1+J\left(R\right)$, and the equation $x^2-x\mu -\lambda =0$ has a root in $J\left(R\right)$ and a root in $1+J\left(R\right)$. We further prove that $f\left(x\right)\in R\left[\right[x\left]\right]$ is strongly $J$-clean if $f\left(0\right)\in R$ be optimally $J$-clean.

We present new characterizations of the rings for which every element is a sum of two tripotents and a nilpotent that commute. These extend the results of Z. L. Ying, M. T. Koşan, Y. Zhou (2016) and Y. Zhou (2018).

A ring $R$ is feebly nil-clean if for any $a\in R$ there exist two orthogonal idempotents $e,f\in R$ and a nilpotent $w\in R$ such that $a=e-f+w$. Let $R$ be a 2-primal feebly nil-clean ring. We prove that every matrix ring over $R$ is feebly nil-clean. The result for rings of bounded index is also obtained. These provide many classes of rings over which every matrix is the sum of orthogonal idempotent and nilpotent matrices.