maximal ideal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An ideal which cannot be made any larger (by adjoining any element to it) without making it improper (i.e., equal to the whole of the containing algebraic structure).

Word forms

maximal ideal maximal ideals

Related words

maximal left ideal maximal right ideal
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