The reduced ring order and lower semi-lattices II

Abstract

This paper continues the study of the reduced ring order (rr-order) in reduced rings where [Formula: see text] if [Formula: see text]. A reduced ring is called rr-good if it is a lower semi-lattice in the order. Examples include weakly Baer rings (wB or PP-rings) but many more. Localizations are examined relating to this order as well as the Pierce sheaf. Liftings of rr-orthogonal sets over surjections of reduced rings are studied. A known result about commutative power series rings over wB rings is extended, via methods developed here, to very general, not necessarily commutative, power series rings defined by an ordered monoid, showing that they are wB.