On the order of regular rings (Q583336)

A ring R with unit 1 is called directly finite if \(ab=1\) implies \(ba=1\). A ring R is called regular if \(a\in aRa\) for each \(a\in R\). A regular ring R with 1 is called unit regular if for each element \(a\in R\) there is a solution x of \(axa=a\), which has a (left) inverse. The partial order \(a\leq b\) in a regular ring R is defined by the properties aR\(\subset bR\) and \(aR\cap (b-a)R=\{0\}\). A regular ring R is called maxi-regular if for every \(a\in R\) there is some maximal element m such that \(ama=a\). One of the results of the paper is Theorem 3. Let R be a directly finite maxi- regular ring. Then R is unit regular iff \(mR=m^ 2R\) for each maximal element m.