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Every prime ideal of a product ring comes from one factor

Example

Let R and S be commutative rings. Then the prime ideals of R×S are exactly the ideals of the form p×S with pSpec(R) and the ideals of the form R×q with qSpec(S).

Facts & Assumptions

Given: Commutative rings R and S.

[L1]

A prime ideal is proper and absorbs factors of a product (Prime ideals and maximal ideals in a commutative ring).

Verification

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Let PSpec(R×S). The idempotents e1=(1,0) and e2=(0,1) satisfy e1e2=0P, so [L1] gives e1P or e2P. They cannot both lie in P because then 1=e1+e2P. If e1P, then every (r,0)=e1(r,s) lies in P, so P=R×q where q={sS:(0,s)P}. The same argument with e2 gives the alternative form p×S. In either case the factor ideal is prime because products in the factor ring are products in R×S.

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Conversely, if pSpec(R), then p×S is a prime ideal of R×S: if (r1,s1)(r2,s2)p×S, then r1r2p, so [L1] gives r1p or r2p, which means (r1,s1) or (r2,s2) lies in p×S. The same proof works for R×q.

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Therefore every prime ideal of the product ring comes from exactly one factor.

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