%0 Journal Article %A Carlsen, T.M. %A Ortega, E. %A Pardo Espino, Enrique %T Simple Cuntz-Pimsner rings %D 2012 %@ 0021-8693 %U http://hdl.handle.net/10498/16100 %X Necessary and sufficient conditions for when every non-zero ideal in a relative Cuntz–Pimsner ring contains a non-zero graded ideal, when a relative Cuntz–Pimsner ring is simple, and when every ideal in a relative Cuntz–Pimsner ring is graded, are given. A “Cuntz–Krieger uniqueness theorem” for relative Cuntz–Pimsner rings is also given and condition (L) and condition (K) for relative Cuntz–Pimsner rings are introduced. As applications of these results, a uniqueness result for the Toeplitz algebra of a directed graph and characterizations of when crossed products of a ring by a single automorphism and fractional skew monoid rings of a single corner isomorphism are simple, are obtained. %K Cuntz–Pimsner rings %K Simplicity %K Invariant cycles %K Condition (L) %K Cuntz–Krieger uniqueness %K Toeplitz rings %K Leavitt path algebras %K Crossed products %K Fractional skew monoid rings %~ Universidad de Cádiz