Re: Irreducibles (Ring theory )

In article <d5bjo3$kf1$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, po <po@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> 4 is not equal to 0.
>> 4 is not invertible.
>> 4 = 2*2, and 2 is not invertible.
>Thank you...that has cleared a lot of things up!
>by the way do you know any decent books? or websites that have information
>on rings? (google searched, but no luck)
>
>Also
>the only units in the integers are 1 and -1
>all the primes (and their negatives ) are irreducibles
>what are all the other numbers called? or dont they have a special name?

In general, they are called "reducible." In the integers, they are
called "composites".

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