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Acta Mathematica Vietnamica

LEFT SF-RINGS WHOSE COMPLEMENT LEFT IDEALS ARE IDEALS

XHANG JULE, DU XIANNENG

Abstract

A ring R is called a left (right) SF-ring if every simple left (right) R-module is flat. It is known that von Neumann regular rings are left and right SF-rings. In this note, we prove that if R is a left SF-ring whose complement left ideals are ideals, then R is strongly regular.