Abstract
We show without the Kuratowski-Zorn lemma that the set of all nilpotent elements of a medial semigroup (with zero) is the set-theoretic intersection of all its prime ideals. Moreover, some applications of the above theorem are given.
(Communicated by Miroslav Ploščica)
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