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<journal-id>0034-7426</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Colombiana de Matemáticas]]></journal-title>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[On the Infinitude of Prime Elements]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Acerca de la infinitud de elementos primos]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[CÁCERES-DUQUE]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[LUIS F.]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[VÉLEZ-MARULANDA]]></surname>
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<institution><![CDATA[,University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Mayagüez, PR ]]></addr-line>
<country>USA</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Valdosta State University  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Valdosta, GA ]]></addr-line>
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<day>15</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2013</year>
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<day>15</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2013</year>
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<volume>47</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>167</fpage>
<lpage>179</lpage>
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<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Sea R un dominio de factorización única que tiene a lo sumo un número finito de unidades. Nosotros discutimos la infinitud de elementos primos en R cuando R es arbitrario y cuando R satisface la siguiente propiedad: si f y g son polinomios con coeficientes en R tales que f(r) divide g(r) para todo r&isin; R con f(r)&ne; 0, entonces g=0 ó \operatornamegrado(f) &le; \operatornamegrado(g).]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Unique factorization domains]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Prime elements]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Dominios de factorización única]]></kwd>
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</front><body><![CDATA[  <font size="2" face="verdana">     <p> <b> <font size="4">       <center>     On the Infinitude of Prime Elements   </center>   </font> </b> </p>     <p> <b> <font size="3">       <center>     Acerca de la infinitud de elementos primos   </center>   </font> </b> </p>     <p>       <center>     LUIS F. C&Aacute;CERES-DUQUE<sup>1</sup>,     JOS&Eacute; A. V&Eacute;LEZ-MARULANDA<sup>2</sup>   </center> </p>     <p> <sup>1</sup>University of Puerto Rico at Mayag&uuml;ez, Mayag&uuml;ez, PR, USA. Email: <a href="mailto:luis.caceres1@upr.edu">luis.caceres1@upr.edu</a>     <br>   <sup>2</sup>Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, USA. Email: <a href="mailto:javelezmarulanda@valdosta.edu">javelezmarulanda@valdosta.edu</a>     <br> </p> <hr size="1">     ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p> <b>       <center>     Abstract   </center>   </b> </p>     <p> Let <i>R</i> be an infinite unique factorization domain with at most finitely many units. We discuss the infinitude of prime elements in <i>R</i> when <i>R</i> is arbitrary and when <i>R</i> satisfies the following property: if <i>f</i> and <i>g</i> are polynomials with coefficients in <i>R</i> such that <i>f(r)</i> divides <i>g(r)</i> for all <i>r<font face="Palatino Linotype" size="3">&epsilon;</font> R</i> with <i>f(r)&ne; 0</i>, then either <i>g=0</i> or <i>deg(f) &le; deg(g)</i>. </p>     <p> <b> Key words: </b> Unique factorization domains,   Prime elements. </p> <hr size="1"> <i>2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 11A41, 13G99.</i> <hr size="1">     <p> <b>       <center>     Resumen   </center>   </b> </p>     <p> Sea <i>R</i> un dominio de factorizaci&oacute;n &uacute;nica que tiene a lo sumo un n&uacute;mero finito de unidades. Nosotros discutimos la infinitud de elementos primos en <i>R</i> cuando <i>R</i> es arbitrario y cuando <i>R</i> satisface la siguiente propiedad: si <i>f</i> y <i>g</i> son polinomios con coeficientes en <i>R</i> tales que <i>f(r)</i> divide <i>g(r)</i> para todo <i>r<font face="Palatino Linotype" size="3">&epsilon;</font> R</i> con <i>f(r)&ne; 0</i>, entonces <i>g=0</i> &oacute; <i>grado(f) &le; grado(g)</i>. </p>     <p> <b> Palabras clave: </b> Dominios de factorizaci&oacute;n &uacute;nica,   elementos primos. </p> <hr size="1">     <p> Texto completo disponible en <a href="pdf/rcm/v47n2/v47n2a04.pdf">PDF</a> </p> <hr size="1">     <p> <b> <font size="3"> References </font> </b> </p>     ]]></body>
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