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...

Let $A\left(X\right)$ denote a subalgebra of $C\left(X\right)$ which is closed under local bounded inversion, briefly, an $LBI$-subalgebra. These subalgebras were first introduced and studied in Redlin L., Watson S., Structure spaces for rings of continuous functions with applications to realcompactifications, Fund. Math. 152 (1997), 151–163. By characterizing maximal ideals of $A\left(X\right)$, we generalize the notion of $z_A^{\beta }$-ideals, which was first introduced in Acharyya S.K., De D., An interesting class of ideals in subalgebras of $C\left(X\right)$...

A nonzero $R$-module $M$ is atomic if for each two nonzero elements $a,b$ in $M$, both cyclic submodules $Ra$ and $Rb$ have nonzero isomorphic submodules. In this article it is shown that for an infinite $P$-space $X$, the factor rings $C(X,\mathbb{Z})/C_F(X,\mathbb{Z})$ and $C_c\left(X\right)/C_F\left(X\right)$ have no atomic ideals. This fact generalizes a result published in paper by A. Mozaffarikhah, E. Momtahan, A. R. Olfati and S. Safaeeyan (2020), which says that for an infinite set $X$, the factor ring ${\mathbb{Z}}^X/{\mathbb{Z}}^{\left(X\right)}$ has no atomic ideal. Another result is that for each infinite...

Let $R$ be a noncommutative prime ring of characteristic different from 2, with its two-sided Martindale quotient ring $Q$, $C$ the extended centroid of $R$ and $a\in R$. Suppose that $\delta$ is a nonzero $\sigma$-derivation of $R$ such that $a{[\delta \left(x^n\right),x^n]}_k=0$ for all $x\in R$, where $\sigma$ is an automorphism of $R$, $n$ and $k$ are fixed positive integers. Then $a=0$.

Let $H$ be a finite abelian group of odd order, $𝒟$ be its generalized dihedral group, i.e., the semidirect product of $C_2$ acting on $H$ by inverting elements, where $C_2$ is the cyclic group of order two. Let $\Omega \left(𝒟\right)$ be the Burnside ring of $𝒟$, $\Delta \left(𝒟\right)$ be the augmentation ideal of $\Omega \left(𝒟\right)$. Denote by ${\Delta }^n\left(𝒟\right)$ and $Q_n\left(𝒟\right)$ the $n$th power of $\Delta \left(𝒟\right)$ and the $n$th consecutive quotient group ${\Delta }^n\left(𝒟\right)/{\Delta }^{n+1}\left(𝒟\right)$, respectively. This paper provides an explicit $\mathbb{Z}$-basis for ${\Delta }^n\left(𝒟\right)$ and determines the isomorphism class of $Q_n\left(𝒟\right)$ for each positive integer $n$.

Let $𝒯$ be a weak torsion class of left $R$-modules and $n$ a positive integer. A left $R$-module $M$ is called $(𝒯,n)$-injective if ${\mathrm{Ext}}_R^n(C,M)=0$ for each $(𝒯,n+1)$-presented left $R$-module $C$; a right $R$-module $M$ is called $(𝒯,n)$-flat if ${\mathrm{Tor}}_n^R(M,C)=0$ for each $(𝒯,n+1)$-presented left $R$-module $C$; a left $R$-module $M$ is called $(𝒯,n)$-projective if ${\mathrm{Ext}}_R^n(M,N)=0$ for each $(𝒯,n)$-injective left $R$-module $N$; the ring $R$ is called strongly $(𝒯,n)$-coherent if whenever $0\to K\to P\to C\to 0$ is exact, where $C$ is $(𝒯,n+1)$-presented and $P$ is finitely generated projective, then $K$ is $(𝒯,n)$-projective; the ring $R$ is called...

Let $R$ be a prime ring of characteristic different from 2 and 3, $Q_r$ its right Martindale quotient ring, $C$ its extended centroid, $L$ a non-central Lie ideal of $R$ and $n\ge 1$ a fixed positive integer. Let $\alpha$ be an automorphism of the ring $R$. An additive map $D:R\to R$ is called an $\alpha$-derivation (or a skew derivation) on $R$ if $D\left(xy\right)=D\left(x\right)y+\alpha \left(x\right)D\left(y\right)$ for all $x,y\in R$. An additive mapping $F:R\to R$ is called a generalized $\alpha$-derivation (or a generalized skew derivation) on $R$ if there exists a skew derivation $D$ on $R$ such that $F\left(xy\right)=F\left(x\right)y+\alpha \left(x\right)D\left(y\right)$ for all $x,y\in R$. We prove...

In this paper, we introduce a subclass of strongly clean rings. Let $R$ be a ring with identity, $J$ be the Jacobson radical of $R$, and let $J^{\#}$ denote the set of all elements of $R$ which are nilpotent in $R/J$. An element $a\in R$ is called provided that there exists an idempotent $e\in R$ such that $ae=ea$ and $a-e$ or $a+e$ is an element of $J^{\#}$. A ring $R$ is said to be in case every element in $R$ is very $J^{\#}$-clean. We prove that every very $J^{\#}$-clean ring is strongly $\pi$-rad clean and has stable range one. It is shown that for a...