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Verify that the set I in Example 5 is an ideal and that if

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Problem 3E

Verify that the set I in Example 5 is an ideal and that if J is any ideal of R that contains a1, a2, . . . , an, then I J. (Hence, ka1, a2, . . . , anl is the smallest ideal of R that contains a1, a2, . . . , an.)

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QUESTION:

Problem 3E

Verify that the set I in Example 5 is an ideal and that if J is any ideal of R that contains a1, a2, . . . , an, then I J. (Hence, ka1, a2, . . . , anl is the smallest ideal of R that contains a1, a2, . . . , an.)

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Check the set  is an ideal and it is the smallest ideal containing .

Clearly,  is not empty. For any two elements  and  in ,

As  is a ring, the subtraction of two elements  and  belongs to . So, ,  and . Thus,  is an ideal of

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