Commutative Rings

Easy

Let R be a ring. Then prove the following:

  1. If for all nonzero a ∈ R, a^2 = 1, then R is abelian (that is, for all a, b ∈ R, ab = ba).

  2. If for all non-1 a ∈ R, a^2 = 0, then R is abelian.

  3. If for all a ∈ R, a^2 = a, then R is abelian.

Posted Feb 22, 2016, 4:57 AM UTC · edited

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