Talk:Unit (ring theory)

Even though both articles are a bit stub-like, care should be taken before merging unit ring and unit (ring theory) :

on one hand, a unit ring and a unit of a ring are different objects and merit IMHO seperate entries
notice in particular that a unit (ring theory) is any invertible element, and not the unit (= 1) of the (unital) ring (!!!) - while unit ring refers to the unit (neutral for multiplication).
the "(ring theory)" in the second one arose historically as a disambiguation from other meanings of unit - it could have been chosen to be "(algebra)" quite as well - b.t.w. unit (algebra) redirects here, maybe a bit misleadingly - since "unit (algebra)" could mean both, the 1 of a unital algebra, and any unit of an algebra, seen as a ring (and, also, the algebraic notion of neutral element for multiplication).

Personally, I'm rather against this merging. — MFH:Talk 03:49, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

I disagree with merger also, these articles are talking about different things. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 03:56, 10 March 2006 (UTC)