Stability in commutative rings

Abstract

Let R be a commutative ring with zero-divisors and I an ideal of R. I is said to be ES-stable if JI = $I^2$ for some invertible ideal J ? I , and I is said to be a weakly ES-stable ideal if there is an invertible fractional ideal J and an idempotent fractional ideal E of R such that I = JE . We prove useful facts for weakly ES-stability and investigate this stability in Noetherian-like settings. Moreover, we discuss a question of A. Mimouni on locally weakly ES-stable rings: is a locally weakly ES-stable domain of finite character weakly ES-stable?