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The prime ideals of a field and of the integers

Example

Let F be a field.

  1. Spec(F)={(0)}.
  2. The prime ideals of Z are exactly (0) and (p) for prime integers p.

Thus the inclusion order on Spec(Z) has (0)(p) for each prime number p, and no other strict containments.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A field F and the ring Z.

[L1]

Every nonempty subset of the natural numbers has a least element (The well-ordering principle).

[L2]

For a commutative ring, the quotient by an ideal is an integral domain exactly when that ideal is prime (R/P is an integral domain if and only if P is a prime ideal).

[L3]

For a prime integer p, the quotient ring Z/pZ is a field (For every prime p, the two operations on Z/p make it a field).

[L4]

For integers m and positive integers n, there are integers q,r with m=qn+r and 0r<n (Division with remainder in Z: for aZ and b>0 there are unique q,rZ with a=qb+r and 0r<b).

Verification

technique · direct
1.1

A proper ideal of a field cannot contain a nonzero element, because any such element is a unit and would force 1 into the ideal. Hence the only proper ideal of F is (0), and (0) is prime because F has no zero divisors.

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1.2

Let IZ. If I(0), choose the least positive integer nI using [L1]. For any mI, [L4] gives m=qn+r with 0r<n; since r=mqnI and n was the least positive element of I, one must have r=0, so every element of I is a multiple of n and therefore I=(n).

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1.3

If n=ab with 1<a,b<n, then (a+(n))(b+(n))=0+(n) in Z/(n) while neither factor is zero, so [L2] shows (n) is not prime. If n=p is prime, then [L3] makes Z/(p) a field and hence a domain, so [L2] shows (p) is prime. Finally (0) is prime because Z is an integral domain.

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2.1

Steps 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 prove the listed prime ideals of F and Z, and the inclusion order is immediate because every nonzero prime ideal of Z is maximal.

step 1.1step 1.2step 1.3

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