3.10 If U, V are ideals of R, let U + V = {u + v | u ∈ U, v ∈ V }.
Prove that U + V is also an ideal.
Let and . Since is an ideal, ; since is an ideal, . Hence, using left and right distributivity of the ring ,
(the sums are elements of because the ring is stable under addition). This proves that is both a left and right ideal of . Therefore, is an ideal.
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