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Prime-ideal valuations of a fractional ideal have finite support and add under products

Statement

Assume the Axiom of Choice. Let R be a Dedekind domain and let I,J be nonzero fractional ideals. Then vp(I)=0 for all but finitely many nonzero prime ideals p, and vp(IJ)=vp(I)+vp(J) for every nonzero prime ideal p.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A Dedekind domain R and nonzero fractional ideals I,J.

[F1]

The valuation vp(I) is defined by the equality Ip=pvp(I)Rp (Prime-ideal valuations on fractional ideals).

[L1]

Fractional-ideal products are well defined inside the common fraction field (The basic operations on fractional ideals are well defined).

[F2]

A Dedekind domain is a Noetherian integrally closed domain of dimension 1 (Dedekind domains).

[L2]

Prime ideals of a quotient ring correspond exactly to prime ideals containing the quotient ideal (Prime ideals of a quotient ring are exactly the prime ideals containing the ideal).

[L3]

Quotients of Noetherian rings are Noetherian (Every quotient and every localisation of a Noetherian ring is Noetherian).

[L4]

Assuming Choice, a Noetherian ring is Artinian exactly when every prime ideal is maximal (A Noetherian ring is Artinian exactly when every prime ideal is maximal).

[L5]

An Artinian ring has only finitely many maximal ideals (An Artinian ring has only finitely many maximal ideals).

Proof

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1.1

Choose 0xI and 0dR with dIR, and put a:=dxR. If a nonzero prime ideal p contains neither a nor d, then both a/1 and d/1 are units in Rp, so x=(a/1)(d/1)1 is a unit of Rp. Hence Rp=xRpIpd1Rp=Rp, so Ip=Rp and therefore vp(I)=0.

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2.1

Put b:=ad. If b is a unit, then no nonzero prime ideal contains b. Otherwise every prime ideal containing (b) is nonzero, hence maximal because [F2] gives dimR=1. By [L2], every prime ideal of R/(b) is therefore maximal. The quotient R/(b) is Noetherian by [L3], so [L4] makes it Artinian, and then [L5] gives only finitely many maximal ideals. Translating back through [L2], only finitely many nonzero prime ideals of R contain b.

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3.1

Combining steps 1.1 and 2.1, only finitely many nonzero prime ideals can satisfy vp(I)0.

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4.1

Fix a nonzero prime ideal p. By [F1], write Ip=pmRp and Jp=pnRp. Localizing the defining finite sums for a product gives (IJ)p=IpJp=pm+nRp, so vp(IJ)=m+n=vp(I)+vp(J).

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