Abstract

This thesis examines the connections between Bézout domains and elementary divisor domains. I establish what both of these domains are, and I provide some clarifying examples of each. I state and prove some key results that have been established already in the literature. I describe a process by which I tried to show a distinction between Bézout domains and elementary divisor domains, and then provide an explicit example which shows that this process as formulated would not lead to an example of a Bézout domain which is not an elementary divisor domain. Throughout the thesis, I also state open questions that could lead to future research in this area.

Degree

College and Department

Physical and Mathematical Sciences; Mathematics

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