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For any element a in a ring R, define to be the smallest ideal of R that contains a. If...

For any element a in a ring R, define to be the smallest ideal of R that contains a. If R is a commutative ring with unity, show . Show, by example, that if R is commutative but does not have a unity, then and aR may be different.

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