Some Characterizations of Krull Monoids.

In this paper, Kaplansky-type theorems are given to characterize GCD-monoids and valuation monoids. Also, (unique) r-factorable monoids are defined and it is shown that S is a Krull monoid if and only if S is a unique t-factorable (resp., w-factorable) monoid if and only if S is a t-factorable (resp., w-factorable) t-Prüfer monoid. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]