Question #351029

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.


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Expert's answer
2022-06-28T15:30:16-0400

Let u+vU+Vu + v \in U + V and rRr \in R. Since UU is an ideal, {ru,ur}R\{ru, ur\} \subset R; since VV is an ideal, {rv,vr}R\{rv, vr\} \subset R. Hence, using left and right distributivity of the ring RR,

r(u+v)=ru+rvR,(u+v)r=ur+vrRr(u + v) = ru + rv \in R, \\ (u + v)r = ur + vr \in R

(the sums are elements of RR because the ring is stable under addition). This proves that U+VU + V is both a left and right ideal of RR. Therefore, U+VU + V is an ideal.


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