On Almost Armendariz Rings

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce the notion of almost Armendariz ring which is the generalization of Armendariz ring and discuss some of its properties. We prove that a ring R is almost Armendariz if and only if n X n upper triangular matrix ring T_{n}(R) is almost Armendariz ring. Similarly, If R is almost Armendariz if and only if R[x] is almost Armendariz. It is observed that every almost Armendariz ring is weak Armendariz but converse need not be true. But, if R is semicommutative ring, then weak Armendariz ring is almost Armendariz ring. Moreover, the class of minimal noncommutative almost Armendariz rings is completely determined, up to isomorphism (minimal means having smallest cardinality).