The index of nillity of the tensor product of a nil ring of bounded index by a matrix ring (Q689726)

The notion of an absolutely-nil ring of bounded index is defined and is used to bound the index of nillity of the tensor product of a nil ring of bounded index by certain matrix rings, including the ring of matrices over an arbitrary commutative ring. In particular it is proved that if \(R[X]\) is a nil ring of index \(\leq m\) then the ring \(M_ k(R)\) is nil of index \(\leq km\).