English
The equivalence respects multiplication: the image of a product of associates corresponds to the product of the images of the factors.
Русский
Эквивалентность сохраняет умножение: образ произведения ассоциантов равен произведению образов факторов.
LaTeX
$$$associatesEquivIsPrincipal(R)(x\cdot y) = (associatesEquivIsPrincipal(R)x) \cdot (associatesEquivIsPrincipal(R)y)$$$
Lean4
theorem associatesEquivIsPrincipal_mul (x y : Associates R) :
(associatesEquivIsPrincipal R (x * y) : Ideal R) =
(associatesEquivIsPrincipal R x) * (associatesEquivIsPrincipal R y) :=
by
rw [← quot_out x, ← quot_out y]
simp_rw [mk_mul_mk, associatesEquivIsPrincipal_apply, span_singleton_mul_span_singleton]