Abstract
In this article, basic ideals in a Leavitt path algebra over a com-
mutative unital ring are studied. It is shown that for a nite acyclic graph E
and a commutative unital ring R, the Leavitt path algebra LR(E) is a direct
sum of minimal basic ideals and that for a commutative ring R and a graph
E satisfying Condition (L), the Leavitt path algebra LR(E) has no non-zero
nilpotent basic ideals. Uniqueness theorems for Leavitt path algebras over
commutative unital rings are also discussed.