italian journal of pure and applied mathematics { n. 34¡2015 (263¡276) 263 ON 2-ABSORBING PRIMARY AND WEAKLY 2-ABSORBING ELEMENTS IN MULTIPLICATIVE LATTICES Fethi C»allialp Beykent University Faculty of Science and Art Ayaza¸ga-Maslak,Istanbul Turkey e-mail:
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[email protected] Abstract. In this paper, we introduce the concept of 2-absorbing primary and weakly 2-absorbing primary elements which are generalizations of primary and weakly primary elements in multiplicative lattices. Let L be a multiplicative lattice. A proper element q of L is said to be a (weakly) 2-absorbing primary element of L if whenever a; b; c 2 L p p with (0 6= abc · q) abc · q implies either ab · q or ac · q or bc · q. Some proper- ties of 2-absorbing primary and weakly 2-absorbing primary elements are presented and relations among prime, primary, 2-absorbing, weakly 2-absorbing, 2-absorbing primary and weakly 2-absorbing primary elements are investigated. Furthermore, we determine 2-absorbing primary elements in some special lattices and give a new characterization for principal element domains in terms of 2-absorbing primary elements. Keywords: prime element, primary element, 2-absorbing element, 2-absorbing primary element, multiplicative lattice. 1991 Mathematics Subject Classi¯cation: Primary 16F10; Secondary 16F05, 13A15. 1. Introduction The concept of 2-absorbing ideal in a commutative ring with identity, which is a generalization of prime ideal, was introduced by Badawi in [7] and studied in [8], [12], and [1].