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A remark on the classifications of rhotrices as abstract

structures
A. Mohammed
Department of Mathematics, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. E-mail: abdulmaths@yahoo.com. Tel:
+2348065519683.
Accepted 10 July, 2009

This paper presents additional classifications of rhotrices as abstract structures of Ring, Field, Integral
Domain, Principal Ideal Domain and Unique Factorization Domain, as a sort of an additional work to our
earlier classifications of rhotrices as algebraic structures of Groups, Semi groups, Monoids and
Boolean Algebra. Rhotrix is a new paradigm of matrix theory, concerned with representing arrays of
real numbers in mathematical rhomboid form, as an extension of ideas on matrix-tertions and matrix
noitrets proposed by Atanassov and Shannon.

Key words: Rhotrices, ring, field, integral domain, principal ideal domain, unique factorization domain.

INTRODUCTION

The interest to stimulate ideas on how to imagine new that all rhotrices are of odd dimension. For example, a
forms of mathematical rhomboid arrays and their classify- rhotrix S of dimension 7 is given by
cations as abstract structures of Groups, Semi-groups,
Monoids, and Boolean Algebra was first proposed by a
Mohammed (2007a) as part of a note on enrichment b c d
exercises through extension to rhotrices. Thus, the pur- e f g h i
pose of this paper is to outlines development of abstract S = j k l h(S ) n o p
structures of Ring, Field, Integral Domain (ID), Principal q r s t u
Ideal Domain (PID) and Unique Factorization Domain v w x
(UFD) of rhotrices, as a remark to the earlier work y
discussed in Mohammed (2007a)
The initial concept and analysis of rhotrix was intro- The binary operations of addition (+), scalar multipli-
duced by Ajibade (2003), as objects which are, in some cation, and multiplication (o) defined in (Ajibade, 2003)
ways, between (2x2) –dimensional and (3x3)-dimensional (respectively, recorded below) that were adopted in
matrices, defined by Mohammed (2007a) will also be adopted in this paper for
the development of the additional abstract structures:
a
(1.1)
R = b c d : a, b, c, d , e ∈ ℜ f
Let be as
e Q= g h (Q ) j : f , g , h(Q ), j , k ∈ ℜ
k
Where; h( R ) = c is called the heart of R. Extension in
the size of R was considered possible but of interest defined (Ajibade, 2003) and then it follows that
(Ajibade, 2003) is three dimensional rhotrix. It is worthy
noticing that an n-dimensional rhotrix R, denoted by Rn , a f a+f
will have entries as card ( Rn ) , where,
R+Q= b h(R) d + g h(Q) j = b+g h(R)+h(Q) d+j ,
e k e+k
card ( Rn ) = 12 (n 2 + 1) , and n ∈ 2 Ζ + 1 . This implies (1.2
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a ∝a (Mohammed, 2007b, 2008).

∝ R =∝ b h( R ) d = ∝b ∝ h( R) ∝d It is noteworthy to mention that, the development of all
the further abstract structures we present in this paper,
e ∝e
are based on multiplication ( ) defined (Ajibade, 2003).
(1.3) Also, without any loss in generality, rhotrices of dimen-
sion three, considered to be the base rhotrices, will be
and used to present our work, except where ever necessary.
Thus, all the results stated in this paper are true for high
ah ( Q ) + fh ( R ) dimensional rhotrices.
RoQ = bh ( Q ) + gh ( R ) h ( R ) h (Q ) dh ( Q ) + jh ( R ) The following definitions may be noted as they will
eh ( Q ) + kh ( R ) serve on our discussions in section 3.
(1.4)
Definition 1: A rhotrix R is called a real rhotrix if all its
In addition to these binary operations, the identity and entries belong to the set of Real Numbers.
inverse of the rhotrix R were also defined, respectively, Definition 2: A rhotrix R is called an integer rhotrix if all
by its entries belong to the set of Integer Numbers

0 The classifications of rhotrices as abstract structures

I = 0 1 0 (1.5)
In this section, we draw attention of our reader to the
0 paper (Mohammed, 2007a) that first presented the ideas
on classifications as abstract structures of Groups, Semi-
and groups, Monoids, and Boolean Algebra, as part of the
discussions, in the note on enrichment exercises through
a extension to rhotrices.
−1 −1 (1.6)
R = b − h(R) d
(h(R))2
e Remark

In this section, we apply the definitions of relevant

satisfying the R I = I R = R and
properties
−1 −1
abstract structures (Seymour and Marc, 2002) in the
R R =R R = I , provided, h( R ) ≠ 0 . It is simple development of the following new abstract structures of
to show that R , + is a commutative group with rhotrices with respect to the binary operations of addition
(+) and multiplication ( ) given by equations (1.2) and
(1.4) respectively.
0
0 = 0 0 0 (1.7) Ring of rhotrices: Let R ∗ = R,+, be an abstract
0 structure consisting of the set R of all real rhotrices of the
same dimension as given by equation (1.1), together with
the operations of addition (+) and multiplication ( ) then R
The multiplicative operation ( ) defined (Ajibade, 2003) is a commutative ring of rhotrices.
was noted with concern in the paper that multiplication of
rhotrices could be defined in many ways. Following this, The unity element of the ringR ∗ is the identity rhotrix I,
∗
Sani (2004) proposed an alternative method for multipli- given by equation (1.5). The zero element of ring R is
cation of rhotrices based on its rows and columns the zero rhotrix 0 given by equation (1.7). The units ele-
vectors, as comparable to matrices. This alternative mul- ∗
ments in the ring R are the nonzero heart rhotrices (that
tiplication ( ) approach was used in the paper to establish is the invertible rhotrices) given by the set:
some relationships between rhotrices and matrices
through an isomorphism. Thus, two methods for multipli-
a
cation of rhotrices having the same dimension are
currently available in the literature. Each method provides U1 = b c d : a, b, c, d , e ∈ ℜ and c ≠ 0 (1.8)
enabling environment to explore the usefulness of rho- e
trices as an applicable tool for the creation of algebraic
structures (Mohammed, 2007a) enrichment of matrix
∗
theory (Mohammed 2007a; Sani, 2007, 2008), and In addition, to the above properties of the ring R , we
development of special series and polynomial equations define a set ZD, consisting of all non-zero zero divisors
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in the ring R ∗ , by addition (+) and multiplication ( ) then F ∗ is a Field

of real rhotrices.
a
PID of rhotrices: Let
ZD = b 0 d : a, b, d , e,0 ∈ ℜ and at least one of a, b, c, d ≠ 0
e a a 0
(1.9) P = b 1 d : a,b, d,e∈Z ∪ b −1 d : a,b, d, e∈Z ∪ 0 0 0
e e 0
Further more, the sets

a (2.0) be a set of some integer rhotrices and let P ∗ = P,+,

J = b 0 d : a , b , d , e ,0 ∈ ℜ
be an abstract structure consisting of the set P, together
e
with the operations of addition (+) and multiplication ( )
and
then P ∗ is a Principal Ideal Domain of rhotrices.
0
k = 0 0 0
UFD of rhotrices: Let
0
a 0
together with the operations of subtraction ‘-‘ and ‘o’, are U = b c d : a , b, c , d , e ∈ Z and c ≠ 0 ∪ 0 0 0
some of the ideals of ring R .
∗ e 0
However, if R is a ring of integer rhotrices, then the only
units in R is given by the set be a set of some integer rhotrices and let U ∗ = U ,+,
a
be an abstract structure consisting of the set U, together
with the operations of addition (+) and multiplication ( )
U2 = b c d : a , b , c , d , e ∈ Ζ and c ∈ {1,-1 }
e
then U ∗ is a Unique Factorization Domain.

The irreducible elements in a ring of integer rhotrices is Conclusion

given by the set of non-units integer rhotrices
We have presented additional classifications of rhotrices
a as abstract structures. Rhotrices serve as an efficient and
E2 = b c d : a , b , c , d , e ∈ Ζ and c ∉ {1,-1 } reliable tool in the study of infinite abstract structures as
e demonstrated in this paper. The search for the applica-
tion of rhotrices in the study of finite abstract structures
offered an amazing area of interest for research.
ID of rhotrices: Let R and ZD are as defined by equation
(1.1) and equation (1.9) respectively and let
D ∗ = (R − ZD ),+ , be an abstract structure consis- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ting of some real rhotrices of the same dimension,
together with the operations of addition (+) and multipli- My sincere thanks are due to my research supervisors,
Professor G.U. Garba, Dr. B. Sani, and Dr. U.M. Makarfi
cation ( ) then D∗ is an Integral Domain. for their helpful suggestions and encouragement. I also
wish to thank my Employer, Ahmadu Bello University,
Field of rhotrice: Let U 1 be as given by equation (1.8) Zaria, Nigeria for funding this relatively new area of
and let research.

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