Spectrum of a ring

In commutative algebra, the prime spectrum (or simply the spectrum) of a commutative ring R is the set of all prime ideals of R, and is usually denoted by ; in algebraic geometry it is simultaneously a topological space equipped with the sheaf of rings .

For the concept of ring spectrum in homotopy theory, see Ring spectrum.
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