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The subalgebra of is not Noetherian
Example
Let be a field and work inside (Polynomial rings in finitely many commuting indeterminates by iteration). Put
Then is a subring of containing , and it is the subalgebra generated over by the elements for . The ideal of generated by those elements is , and it is not finitely generated, so is not Noetherian — even though is.
Two consequences follow: a subring of a Noetherian ring need not be Noetherian, and a subalgebra of an algebra of finite type over a field need not itself be of finite type.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A field , the ring , the subset of it, and the elements for . Coefficients are read in the iterated form: an element of is a finitely supported family of elements of , indexed by the exponent of .
A subset of a ring is a subring when and is closed under addition, additive inverses and multiplication; it is then a ring with the same zero and identity (Subring: a subset containing and closed under addition, additive inverses and multiplication).
is the set of finitely supported functions with and (The polynomial ring over a commutative ring as finitely supported coefficient sequences with convolution).
Polynomial rings in finitely many indeterminates are defined by and (Polynomial rings in finitely many commuting indeterminates by iteration).
For , is the intersection of all two-sided ideals containing , so (The ideal generated by a subset and principal ideals).
In a commutative ring, consists of finite sums , and ; the empty sum is included and equals (In a commutative ring, consists of finite sums , and ).
For a commutative ring, being Noetherian is equivalent to every ideal being finitely generated (A commutative ring is Noetherian exactly when every ideal is finitely generated, exactly when its ideals satisfy the ascending chain condition, and exactly when every nonempty set of ideals has a maximal member).
Every field is a Noetherian ring (Fields and are Noetherian, and so are their polynomial rings in finitely many variables).
If is a Noetherian commutative ring then is Noetherian for every (If is Noetherian then is Noetherian for every ).
Every commutative algebra of finite type over a Noetherian commutative ring is a Noetherian ring (Every algebra of finite type over a Noetherian ring is a Noetherian ring).
is the smallest subring of containing the image of and , and is of finite type over when it equals such a subring for a finite list (Subalgebra generated by a subset, algebras of finite type, and module-finite algebras).
Verification
is a subring of . It contains ; it is closed under addition and additive inverses because and both are; and lies in .
, the smallest subring of containing and every . That subring is contained in because is a subring containing and each . Conversely every lies in it: expanding as a -linear combination of monomials gives as a -linear combination of , and each of and is one of the listed generators.
The ideal of generated by equals . An element of is a finite sum with , which lies in ; conversely, for expanded as a -linear combination of monomials , the element is the corresponding combination of with , hence lies in .
Suppose as an ideal of , with and . Since and , the ideal is nonzero, so at least one is nonzero; let be an index beyond which every has vanishing -coefficients, that is, the -coefficient of every is for . Any element of is with ; writing with and , and using from step 2.1, this element equals for some . Its -coefficient is therefore the sum of and an element of , hence lies in .
But lies in and its -coefficient is , which is not in : every element of has vanishing coefficient at , whereas has coefficient there. So , contradicting . Hence is not finitely generated and is not Noetherian.
The ambient ring is Noetherian, since is a field and a polynomial ring in finitely many variables over a Noetherian ring is Noetherian. So the Noetherian ring has the non-Noetherian subring . And is not of finite type over : an algebra of finite type over the Noetherian ring would be Noetherian, which is not, while itself is of finite type over .
Remarks
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Where finite generation actually fails. The ideal needs the elements for arbitrarily large : multiplying by an element of either scales by a constant, which cannot raise the -exponent, or introduces a factor , which pushes the term into and out of reach of the coefficient examined in step 3.1.
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The failure is not a failure of the ambient ring. satisfies every chain condition the Hilbert basis theorem gives it. What the subring lacks is any map back to it, which is exactly the hypothesis A subring that admits a module retraction from a Noetherian ring is Noetherian adds in order to make the conclusion descend.
Depends on
- A commutative ring is Noetherian exactly when every ideal is finitely generated, exactly when its ideals satisfy the ascending chain condition, and exactly when every nonempty set of ideals has a maximal member
- If $R$ is Noetherian then $R[x_1,\ldots,x_n]$ is Noetherian for every $n\in\mathbb N$
- Every algebra of finite type over a Noetherian ring is a Noetherian ring
- Subalgebra generated by a subset, algebras of finite type, and module-finite algebras
- Subring: a subset containing $1_R$ and closed under addition, additive inverses and multiplication
- The ideal generated by a subset and principal ideals
- In a commutative ring, $(S)$ consists of finite sums $\sum r_i s_i$, and $(a)=Ra$
- The polynomial ring over a commutative ring as finitely supported coefficient sequences with convolution
- Polynomial rings in finitely many commuting indeterminates by iteration
- Fields and $\mathbb Z$ are Noetherian, and so are their polynomial rings in finitely many variables
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Sources
- A. Altman and S. Kleiman, A Term of Commutative Algebra, 13th ed., (16.1) (standard reference, not scraped)
- J. S. Milne, A Primer of Commutative Algebra, v4.03, §3 Exercise 3.20 (standard reference, not scraped)