Semirigid GCD domains II

Abstract: Let

D

be an integral domain with quotient field

K,

throughout

.

Call two elements

v

-coprime if

x D c a p y D = x y D .

Call a nonzero non unit

r

of an integral domain

D

rigid if for all

x, y | r

we have

x | y

or

y | x .

Also call

D

semirigid if every nonzero non unit of

D

is expressible as a finite product of rigid elements. We show that a semirigid domain

D

is a GCD domain if and only if

D

satisfies

a s t :

product of every pair of non-

v

-coprime rigid elements is again rigid. Next call

a i n D

a valuation element if

a V c a p D = a D

for some valuation ring

% V

with

D s u b s e t e q V s u b s e t e q K

and call

D

a VFD if every nonzero non unit of

D

is a finite product of valuation elements. It turns out that a valuation element is what we call a packed element: a rigid element

r

all of whose powers are rigid and

s q r t r D

is a prime ideal. Calling

D

a semi packed domain (SPD) if every nonzero non unit of

D

is a finite product of packed elements, we study SPDs and explore situations in which an SPD is a semirigid GCD domain.

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