A class of principal ideal rings arising from the converse of the Chinese remainder theorem (Q885647)

Summary: Let \(R\) be a (nonzero commutative unital) ring. If \(I\) and \(J\) are ideals of \(R\) such that \(R/I\oplus R/J\) is a cyclic \(R\)-module, then \(I+J=R\). The rings \(R\) such that \(R/I\oplus R/J\) is a cyclic \(R\)-module for all distinct nonzero proper ideals \(I\) and \(J\) of \(R\) are the following three types of principal ideal rings: fields, rings isomorphic to \(K\times L\) for the fields \(K\) and \(L\), and special principal ideal rings \((R,M)\) such that \(M^{2}=0\).