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Factorization in LCM Domains with Conjugation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Raymond A. Beauregard*
Affiliation:
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881 U.S.A.
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Abstract

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An atomic integral domain with conjugation has unique (in the sense of Theorem 6 below) factorization of atomic factors if it is an LCM domain. If the LCM hypothesis is dropped not even the number of atomic factors in a complete factorization of an element need be unique.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1994

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