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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 p∈Spec⁡(R) and the ideals of the form R×q with q∈Spec⁡(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 P∈Spec⁡(R×S). The idempotents e1=(1,0) and e2=(0,1) satisfy e1e2=0∈P, so [L1] gives e1∈P or e2∈P. They cannot both lie in P because then 1=e1+e2∈P. If e1∈P, then every (r,0)=e1(r,s) lies in P, so P=R×q where q={s∈S:(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 p∈Spec⁡(R), then p×S is a prime ideal of R×S: if (r1,s1)(r2,s2)∈p×S, then r1r2∈p, so [L1] gives r1∈p or r2∈p, 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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