Basic examples and extensions of symmetric rings. (Q2570175)

A ring \(R\) with identity is called `symmetric' if \(rst=0\) implies \(rts=0\) for all \(r,s,t\in R\). The authors discuss basic examples and extensions, and prove that a minimal noncommutative symmetric ring is of order 16 and is unique up to isomorphism. This ring is given in Example 2.5. They also construct more examples of symmetric rings and counterexamples to several naturally arising situations in the process.