Two absorbing factorization formal power series rings (Q6600741)

All the rings considered in this paper are commutative with identity. Let \(R\) be a ring and \(I\) a proper ideal of \(R\). We say that \(I\) is \(2\)-absorbing if for all \(x,y,z\in A\), if \(xyz\in I\), then one of the elements \(xy,xz,yz\) belongs to \(I\). We say that the ring \(R\) has the property two absorbing factorization (TAF) if for each ideal \(I\) of \(R\), there are proper two absorbing ideals \(J_1,\ldots,J_n\) in \(R\) such that \(I=J_1\ldots J_n\). The main results of the paper under review are Theorem 1: The ring \(R[[X]]\) is TAF if and only if \(R\) is a finite product of fields. \N\NTheorem 2: Let \(A\subset B\) be an extension of rings. Then \(A+XB[[X]]\) is a TAF-ring if and only if \(A=K_1\times\ldots\times K_p\) and \(B=L_1\times\ldots\times L_p\) where \(p\in\mathbb{N}^*\) and \(K_i\subset L_i\) is an extension of fields for \(1\leq i\leq p\).