Principal element lattices

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We introduce (see Section 1) the concept of a weak Noether lattice and prove that a weak \(r\)-lattice \(L\) is a principal element lattice if and only if \(L\) is a weak Noether lattice in which every maximal element is weak meet principal. It is shown that if \(L\) is a weak Noether lattice in which the zero element is prime and every maximal element is join principal, then every element is principal. In Section 2 we study quasilocal \(\pi\)-lattices, UFD lattices and Dedekind domains. It is shown that if \(L\) is a quasilocal weak \(r\)-lattice and if \(L\) is a \(\pi\)-lattice, then \(L\) is either a domain or \(L\) has only finitely many minimal prime elements and every prime element is the join of minimal prime elements. We prove that if \(L\) is a UFD lattice and every nontrivial prime element is maximal, then every element is principal. Using these results it is shown that if \(L\) is a principally generated Dedekind domain, then every element is principal. In Section 3 we investigate invertible elements, and Dedekind domains are characterized in terms of invertible maximal elements. Some equivalent conditions are established for a weak \(r\)-lattice to be a finite direct product of Dedekind domains.











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