left ideal
noun1
Algebra, Mathematics, Sciences A subset of a ring which is closed under left-multiplication by any element of the ring.
- If I is a left ideal of R then rI⊆I for any r isin R.
- Hyponyms
- two-sided ideal
- Coordinate terms
- right ideal
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