Bulletin of the
Korean Mathematical Society BKMS

We study some factorization properties of the idealization $R$(+)$M$ of a module $M$ in a commutative ring $R$ which is not necessarily a domain. We show that $R$(+)$M$ is ACCP if and only if $R$ is ACCP and $M$ satisfies ACC on its cyclic submodules. We give an example to show that the BF property is not necessarily preserved in idealization, and give some conditions under which $R$(+)$M$ is a BFR. We also characterize the idealization rings which are UFRs.

Keywords: Factorization, idealization, ACCP, BFR, UFR

MSC numbers: 13F15, 13B99