Abstract

1. Introduction. In (1) we proved that the direct sum of a finite number of unique factorization rings is a unique factorization ring (UFR), and in particular that the direct sum of a finite number of unique factorization domains (UFD's) is a UFR. The converse, however, does not hold i.e. not every UFR can be expressed as a direct sum of UFD's. Here we investigate the structure of UFR's and show that every UFR is a finite direct sum of UFD's and of special UFR's. There is thus a relationship with the structure theorem for principal ideal rings ((2), p. 245).

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