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Template:Integral domain-element property
Definition
Symbol-free definition
A nonzero element in an integral domain is said to be a prime element if whenever it divides the product of two elements, it must divide at least one of them.
Definition with symbols
A nonzero element in an integral domain is said to be prime' if whenever , then or .