Definition:Ideal of Ring/Proper Ideal

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Definition

Let $\struct {R, +, \circ}$ be a ring.


A proper ideal $J$ of $\struct {R, +, \circ}$ is an ideal of $R$ such that $J$ is a proper subset of $R$.

That is, such that $J \subseteq R$ and $J \ne R$.


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