• Kyungpook Mathematical Journal
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• v.45 no.4
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• pp.519-526
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• 2005

In this paper, we prove that every exchange ring can be characterized by potent elements. Also we extend [10, Theorem 3.1 and Theorem 4.1] to quasi-clean rings in which every element is a sum of a potent element and a unit.

• Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.55 no.5
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• pp.1193-1205
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• 2018

We focus our attention on a ring property that nilpotents are contained in the Jacobson radical. This property is satisfied by NI and left (right) quasi-duo rings. A ring is said to be NJ if it satisfies such property. We prove the following: (i) $K{\ddot{o}}the^{\prime}s$ conjecture holds if and only if the polynomial ring over an NI ring is NJ; (ii) If R is an NJ ring, then R is exchange if and only if it is clean; and (iii) A ring R is NJ if and only if so is every (one-sided) corner ring of R.