Paper 2, Section II, H

Groups, Rings and Modules
Part IB, 2010

For ideals I,JI, J of a ring RR, their product IJI J is defined as the ideal of RR generated by the elements of the form xyx y where xIx \in I and yJy \in J.

(1) Prove that, if a prime ideal PP of RR contains IJI J, then PP contains either II or JJ.

(2) Give an example of R,IR, I and JJ such that the two ideals IJI J and IJI \cap J are different from each other.

(3) Prove that there is a natural bijection between the prime ideals of R/IJR / I J and the prime ideals of R/(IJ)R /(I \cap J).