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Keywords:
clean element; nil-clean element; unit-regular element; Jacobson's lemma for nil-clean elements
Summary:
An element in a ring is clean (or, unit-regular) if it is the sum (or, the product) of an idempotent and a unit, and is nil-clean if it is the sum of an idempotent and a nilpotent. Firstly, we show that Jacobson's lemma does not hold for nil-clean elements in a ring, answering a question posed by Koşan, Wang and Zhou (2016). Secondly, we present new counter-examples to Diesl's question whether a nil-clean element is clean in a ring. Lastly, we give new examples of unit-regular elements that are not clean in a ring. The rings under consideration in our examples are particular subrings of $\mathbb {M}_2(\mathbb {Z})$.
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