Characterization of irreducible polynomials over a special principal ideal ring

Abstract

A commutative ring $R$ with unity is called a special principal ideal ring (SPIR) if it is a non integral principal ideal ring containing only one nonzero prime ideal, its length $e$ is the index of nilpotency of its maximal ideal. In this paper, we show a characterization of irreducible polynomials over a SPIR of length $2$. Then, we give a sufficient condition for a polynomial to be irreducible over a SPIR of any length $e$.

Keywords

• polynomial
• irreducibility
• commutative principal ideal ring