Rings additively generated by tripotents and nilpotents

Abstract

A ring [Formula: see text] is Zhou nil-clean if every element in [Formula: see text] is the sum of two tripotents and a nilpotent that commute. A ring [Formula: see text] is feebly clean if for any [Formula: see text] there exist two orthogonal idempotents [Formula: see text] and a unit [Formula: see text] such that [Formula: see text]. In this paper, Zhou nil-clean rings are further discussed with an emphasis on their relations with feebly clean rings. We prove that a ring [Formula: see text] is Zhou nil-clean if and only if [Formula: see text] is feebly clean, [Formula: see text] is nil and [Formula: see text] has exponent [Formula: see text] if and only if [Formula: see text] is weakly exchange, [Formula: see text] is nil and [Formula: see text] has exponent [Formula: see text]. New properties of Zhou rings are thereby obtained.