##  [Associated Prime Computation](/associated-prime-computation) 

  ##  [Associated Prime Computation](https://algebra.quantumdictionary.io/associated-prime-computation-0) 

  

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Definition

The procedure of identifying the prime ideals that are associated to a module or ideal: those prime ideals that occur as annihilators of some element of the module or that arise in the primary decomposition as supports of primary components.