SOME EXAMPLES OF WEAKLY FACTORIAL RINGS

Let D be a principal ideal domain, X be an indeterminate over D, D[X] be the polynomial ring over D, and $R_n=D[X]/(X^n)$ for an integer $n{\geq}1$. Clearly, $R_n$ is a commutative Noetherian ring with identity, and hence each nonzero nonunit of $R_n$ can be written as a finite product of irreducible elements. In this paper, we show that every irreducible element of $R_n$ is a primary element, and thus every nonunit element of $R_n$ can be written as a finite product of primary elements.