A ring R is subdirectly irreducible if the intersection of all nonzero ideals of R is nonzero.

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A ring R is subdirectly irreducible if the intersection of all nonzero ideals of R is nonzero.

(a) R is subdirectly irreducible if and only if whenever R is isomorphic to a subdirect product of {Ri Ii ϵ I}, R ≅ Ri for some i ε I.

(b) Every ring is isomorphic to a subdirect product of a family of subdirectly irreducible rings. 

(c) The zero divisors in a commutative subdirectly irreducible ring (together with 0) form an ideal.

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