In: Advanced Math
Let's find a non-trivial ideal of P(X).
Let A be a non-empty proper subset of X. Then we define
. Then it's a non-empty subset of P(X) and
.
First we show that this a subring of P(X). Let
.
Then we have
and
. Now we
know that, in the additive group of P(X) with symmetric difference,
each element is its own additive inverse [ as
] . So additive inverse of C is C and we observe that
and
which implies
. Also we have
. Hence both
. Therefore 
is a subring of
P(X).
Now to prove it's an ideal , let
. Then we have
. So,
which implies
.
Hence
is an ideal of P(X).
Also it's a proper ideal of P(X) since A is a proper subset of X so
.
Note:- It may seem that we have proved it's left ideal but
remember that P(X) is a commutative ring so is an ideal.