Primitive ideal

Not to be confused with primary ideal or principal ideal.

In mathematics, a left primitive ideal in ring theory is the annihilator of a simple left module. A right primitive ideal is defined similarly. Note that (despite the name) left and right primitive ideals are always two-sided ideals.

The quotient of a ring by a left primitive ideal is a left primitive ring.

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