Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem rngringbd

Description: A non-unital ring is unital if and only if there is a (two-sided) ideal of the ring which is unital, and the quotient of the ring and the ideal is unital. (Proposed by GL, 12-Feb-2025.) (Contributed by AV, 20-Feb-2025)

Ref Expression
Hypotheses rngringbd.r ( 𝜑𝑅 ∈ Rng )
rngringbd.i ( 𝜑𝐼 ∈ ( 2Ideal ‘ 𝑅 ) )
rngringbd.j 𝐽 = ( 𝑅s 𝐼 )
rngringbd.u ( 𝜑𝐽 ∈ Ring )
rngringbd.q 𝑄 = ( 𝑅 /s ( 𝑅 ~QG 𝐼 ) )
Assertion rngringbd ( 𝜑 → ( 𝑅 ∈ Ring ↔ 𝑄 ∈ Ring ) )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 rngringbd.r ( 𝜑𝑅 ∈ Rng )
2 rngringbd.i ( 𝜑𝐼 ∈ ( 2Ideal ‘ 𝑅 ) )
3 rngringbd.j 𝐽 = ( 𝑅s 𝐼 )
4 rngringbd.u ( 𝜑𝐽 ∈ Ring )
5 rngringbd.q 𝑄 = ( 𝑅 /s ( 𝑅 ~QG 𝐼 ) )
6 1 2 3 4 5 rngringbdlem1 ( ( 𝜑𝑅 ∈ Ring ) → 𝑄 ∈ Ring )
7 1 2 3 4 5 rngringbdlem2 ( ( 𝜑𝑄 ∈ Ring ) → 𝑅 ∈ Ring )
8 6 7 impbida ( 𝜑 → ( 𝑅 ∈ Ring ↔ 𝑄 ∈ Ring ) )