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Complete separated adic pairs are Henselian

Statement

Let A be a commutative ring and let IA be an ideal. If A is I-adically complete and separated, then (A,I) is a Henselian pair.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A commutative ring A that is I-adically complete and separated.

[L1]

In an I-adically complete ring, every element congruent to 1 modulo I is a unit (Elements congruent to 1 modulo a defining ideal are units).

[L2]

Coprime residue factors admit a lifted Bezout identity modulo I (Lift a Bezout identity for coprime residue factors).

[L3]

One Hensel correction step improves a factorization from modulo Ir to modulo Ir+1 (One correction step raises factor lifting by one ideal power).

[L4]

The correction sequence is coefficientwise Cauchy and its coefficientwise limit multiplies back to the original polynomial (Successive Hensel corrections are Cauchy, The coefficientwise limits multiply back to the original polynomial).

[L5]

Two such lifts agree modulo every power of I (Two lifted factorisations agree modulo every ideal power).

[L6]

A Henselian pair is exactly a pair satisfying the Jacobson-radical clause and the unique coprime factor-lifting clause (Henselian pairs and Henselian local rings).

Proof

technique · iterate the correction lemma and pass to the limit
1.1

Let xI and rA. Then rxI, so 1rx1(modI). By [L1], the element 1rx is a unit. This is the Jacobson-radical criterion for x, so xJ(A). Hence IJ(A).

L1givenalgebra
1.2

Let fA[T] be monic and let f=g0h0 be a coprime monic factorization in (A/I)[T]. Choose monic lifts g1,h1 of g0,h0. By [L2], choose a,bA[T] with ag1+bh11(modI). Repeatedly applying [L3] produces monic pairs (gr,hr) with fgrhrIr[T] for every r1.

L2L3givenchooseinduction
2.1

By [L4], the coefficient sequences of (gr) and (hr) are Cauchy and converge to monic polynomials g,hA[T] with f=gh. Their reductions are still g0,h0. Thus the required lifted factorization exists.

L4step 1.2
3.1

If f=gh is another monic lift of the same residue factorization, then [L5] gives gg(modIr[T]) and hh(modIr[T]) for every r1. Separatedness forces g=g and h=h. Hence the lift is unique.

L5step 2.1given
4.1

Steps 1.1-3.1 verify both clauses of the definition, so (A,I) is a Henselian pair.

L6step 1.1step 2.1step 3.1

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