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Uniqueness of Generators of Principal Ideals in Rings of Continuous Functions
Let $aR$ denote the principal right ideal generated in a ring $R$ by an element $a$. Kaplansky has raised the question: If $aR = bR$, are $a$ and $b$ necessarily right associates? In this note we show that for rings of continuous functions the answer is affirmative if and only …