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Köthe conjecture: General Matrix

The Köthe conjecture: for any nil ideal I of R, the matrix ideal M_n(I) is a nil ideal of the matrix ring M_n(R).

Mathematical statement

The Köthe conjecture: for any nil ideal I of R, the matrix ideal M_n(I) is a nil ideal of the matrix ring M_n(R).

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Pinned Lean formulation 1

KotherConjecture.variants.general_matrix

Canonical source
Complete statement target, proof intentionally absentLean 4
theorem KotherConjecture.variants.general_matrix {I : TwoSidedIdeal R} (hI : IsNil I)    (n : Type*) [Fintype n] : IsNil (matrix n I) := by  sorry
Statement source
Formal Conjectures
Lean version
v4.27.0
Placeholder
Present; no proof artifact
Source evidence
Pinned source index
Fidelity review
Community formulation

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