On the Anderson-Badawi ω R[X] (I[X]) = ω R (I) conjectureArchivum Mathematicum, Vol. 52 (2016)
ON THE ANDERSON-BADAWI ω R[X] (I[X]) = ω R (I) CONJECTURE
Peyman NasehpourAbstract. Let R be a commutative ring with an identity different from zero and n be a positive integer. Anderson and Badawi, in their paper on n-absorbing ideals, define a proper ideal I of a commutative ring R to be an n-absorbing ideal of R, if whenever x 1 . . . x n+1 ∈ I for x 1 , . . . , x n+1 ∈ R, then there are n of the x i 's whose product is in I and conjecture that ω R [X] (I[X]) = ω R (I) for any ideal I of an arbitrary ring R, where ω R (I) = min{n : I is an n-absorbing ideal of R}. In the present paper, we use content formula techniques to prove that their conjecture is true, if one of the following conditions hold:(1) The ring R is a Prüfer domain.(2) The ring R is a Gaussian ring such that its additive group is torsion-free.(3) The additive group of the ring R is torsion-free and I is a radical ideal of R.
IntroductionLet R be a commutative ring with an identity different from zero and n be a positive integer. Anderson and Badawi, in their paper [3], define a proper ideal I of a commutative ring R to be an n-absorbing ideal of R, if whenever x 1 . . . x n+1 ∈ I for x 1 , . . . , x n+1 ∈ R, then there are n of the x i 's whose product is in I. In the fourth section of their paper, they conjecture that ω R [X] (I[X]) = ω R (I) for any ideal I of an arbitrary ring R, where ω R (I) = min{n : I is an n-absorbing ideal of R}.Clearly a 1-absorbing ideal is just a prime ideal and it is a well-known result in commutative ring theory that I is a prime ideal of R iff I[X] is a prime ideal of R [X]. In [3, Theorem 4.15], it is also proved that I[X] is a 2-absorbing ideal of R[X] iff I is a 2-absorbing ideal of R.In this paper, we use content formula techniques to prove that their conjecture is true, i.e., ω R[X] (I[X]) = ω R (I) for an ideal I of R, if one of the following conditions hold:(1) The ring R is a Prüfer domain.2010 Mathematics Subject Classification: primary 13A15; secondary 13B02, 13B25, 13F05.