An example of a ring without identity that does not contain any maximal ideal.

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I'm trying to find an example of a ring without identity that does not contain any maximal ideal.

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Take an abelian group without maximal subgroups, like $(\Bbb Q,+)$, and the zero multiplication, that is, $xy=0$ for any $x,y$.

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Another example can be found in here http://sierra.nmsu.edu/morandi/notes/NoMaxIdeals.pdf