Intersection of maximal ideals

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This article defines a property of an ideal in a commutative unital ring |View other properties of ideals in commutative unital rings

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Definition

Symbol-free definition

An ideal in a commutative unital ring is termed an intersection of maximal ideals if it can be expressed as an intersection of maximal ideals (this is really a tautological definition).

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A ring in which every radical ideal is an intersection of maximal ideals is termed a Jacobson ring (or sometimes a Hilbert ring).