The Armendariz module and its application to the Ikeda-Nakayama module. (Q933858)

Summary: A ring \(R\) is called a right Ikeda-Nakayama (for short IN-ring) if the left annihilator of the intersection of any two right ideals is the sum of the left annihilators, that is, if \(\ell(I\cap J)=\ell(I)+\ell(J)\) for all right ideals \(I\) and \(J\) of \(R\). \(R\) is called an Armendariz ring if whenever polynomials \(f(x)=a_0+a_1x+\cdots+a_mx^m\), \(g(x)=b_0+b_1x+\cdots+b_nx^n\in R[x]\) satisfy \(f(x)g(x)=0\), then \(a_ib_j=0\) for each \(i,j\). In this paper, we show that if \(R[x]\) is a right IN-ring, then \(R\) is a right IN-ring in case \(R\) is an Armendariz ring.