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The spectrum of the integers has one generic point, closed points (p), and basic opens D(n)

Example

The prime spectrum of Z consists of the generic point (0) together with the closed points (p) for prime numbers p. For a nonzero integer n, the distinguished open subset D(n) is D(n)={(0)}{(p):pn}.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The ring Z.

[L1]

A point is a specialization of another exactly when the corresponding prime ideal contains the first one (Specialisation in a prime spectrum is reverse inclusion).

[L2]

Closed points of a spectrum are exactly maximal ideals (The closed points of the prime spectrum are exactly the maximal ideals).

[L3]

D(n) is the set of prime ideals that do not contain n (Principal distinguished subsets of the prime spectrum).

[A1]

The prime ideals of Z are exactly (0) and the ideals (p) for prime numbers p, and the maximal ideals are exactly the ideals (p).

Verification

technique · direct
1.1

By [A1], the points of Spec(Z) are (0) and the prime ideals (p). Since (0)(p) for every prime number p, fact [L1] shows that every (p) is a specialization of (0). Thus (0) is the unique generic point.

L1A1given
1.2

Fact [A1] says that the maximal ideals of Z are exactly the ideals (p), so [L2] shows that the closed points of the spectrum are exactly the points (p).

L2A1
1.3

For a nonzero integer n, fact [L3] says that D(n) consists of the prime ideals that do not contain n. The point (0) never contains a nonzero integer, and (p) contains n exactly when p divides n. Hence D(n)={(0)}{(p):pn}.

L3A1given
2.1

Therefore Spec(Z) has one generic point, closed points (p), and the distinguished opens described above.

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