Properties inherited by ring extensions (Q2523374)

A ring \(E\) is said to be an extension of \(A\) by \(S\) if there exists an exact sequence of homomorphisms \(0\to A\to E\to S\to 0\). The author considers the problem of extending the properties of \(A\) and \(S\) to \(E\). Sample theorem: If \(A\) is regular and \(S\) is \(m\)-regular then \(E\) is \(m\)-regular. The most important result is: If \(A\) is a subdirect sum of simple primitive rings \(\{A_\alpha\}\) and \(S\) is a subdirect sum of primitive rings \(\{B_\beta\}\), then \(E\) is the subdirect sum of \(\{A_\alpha\} \cup \{B_\beta\}\). Among the corollaries of this theorem: If \(A\) and \(S\) are Boolean rings then so is \(E\).