An axiomatic approach to block decompositions of rings. (Q1770448)

The paper deals with block decompositions of rings. Let \(R\) be any ring with identity element and \((\Omega,F,P)\) be any triple such that \(\Omega\) is a non-empty set, \(F\) is a finitely additive class on \(\Omega\) and \(P\) is a function from \(F\times F\) to \(2^R\). The author introduces a simple system of axioms in \((\Omega,F,P)\) which guarantees that each element of \(R\) can be divided into block components and block calculations can be applied. Moreover, the author analyses generalized inverses in connection with \((\Omega,F,P)\). The mentioned axioms can be interpreted as rules of some kind of information filters. On the other hand, the author gives another system of axioms in terms of idempotents which allows him to characterize \((\Omega,F,P)\) in terms of idempotents of \(R\). This system is equivalent to the first mentioned system and is similar to the Kolmogorov axioms of probability spaces.