Idempotents and the multiplicative group of some totally bounded rings

Abstract

Abstract. In this paper, we extend some results of D. Dolzan on finite rings to profinite rings, a complete classification of profinite commutative rings with a monothetic group of units is given. We also prove the metrizability of commutative profinite rings with monothetic group of units and without nonzero Boolean ideals. Using a property of Mersenne numbers, we construct a family of power 2 ℵ0 commutative non-isomorphic profinite semiprimitive rings with monothetic group of units.