# Math Help - [SOLVED] maximal left ideal or not?

1. ## [SOLVED] maximal left ideal or not?

Let R = Mn(F) be the ring consists of all n*n matrices over a field F and
E = E11 + E22 + ... + En-1,n-1, where Eii is the elementary matrix (Eij is matrix whose ij th element is 1 and the others are 0) .
I know that RE is a maximal left ideal . Let Q be an invertible matrix . Can we say that REQ is a maximal left ideal ?

2. Originally Posted by xixi
Let R = Mn(F) be the ring consists of all n*n matrices over a field F and
E = E11 + E22 + ... + En-1,n-1, where Eii is the elementary matrix (Eij is matrix whose ij th element is 1 and the others are 0) .
I know that RE is a maximal left ideal . Let Q be an invertible matrix . Can we say that REQ is a maximal left ideal ?
yes. if $REQ \subseteq I \lhd_{\ell} R,$ then $RE \subseteq IQ^{-1}.$ now $IQ^{-1}$ is a left ideal of $R$ and so, since $RE$ is a maximal left ideal, we must have either $IQ^{-1}=R$ or $IQ^{-1}=RE.$

thus either $I=RQ=R$ or $I=REQ.$