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Every ideal of a localisation is generated by the images of any generating set of its contraction

Statement

Let $R$ be a commutative ring, let $S \subseteq R$ be multiplicative and let $λ_{S} ⁣ : R \to S^{- 1} R$ , $r \mapsto r / 1$ , be the localisation map (Multiplicative subsets and the localisation $S^{- 1} R$ as equivalence classes of fractions). Let $J$ be an ideal of $S^{- 1} R$ and let

$a : = λ_{S}^{- 1} (J) = {r \in R : r / 1 \in J}$

be its contraction. Then $a$ is an ideal of $R$ , and for every subset $T \subseteq R$ with $a = (T)$ the ideal $J$ is generated in $S^{- 1} R$ by the image $λ_{S} (T) = {t / 1 : t \in T}$ . In particular, if $a = (a_{1}, \dots, a_{n})$ with $n \in N$ then $J = (a_{1} / 1, \dots, a_{n} / 1)$ .

Only the $S$ -saturated half of the ideal correspondence is used. Nothing here says that extension and contraction are mutually inverse on all ideals of $R$ ; that is false in general, and it is the contraction of an ideal of $S^{- 1} R$ , not an arbitrary ideal of $R$ , that this lemma starts from.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A commutative ring $R$ , a multiplicative subset $S \subseteq R$ , an ideal $J$ of $S^{- 1} R$ , and a subset $T \subseteq R$ generating the contraction $a = λ_{S}^{- 1} (J)$ .

[L1]

A subset $S \subseteq R$ of a commutative ring is multiplicative if $1 \in S$ and $s, t \in S$ implies $s t \in S$ ; the localisation $S^{- 1} R$ has elements $r / s$ with the displayed arithmetic, and the localisation map is the ring homomorphism $λ_{S} : R \to S^{- 1} R$ , $r \mapsto r / 1$ (Multiplicative subsets and the localisation $S^{- 1} R$ as equivalence classes of fractions).

[L2]

For a commutative ring $R$ and a multiplicative $S \subseteq R$ , extension $I \mapsto S^{- 1} I = {r / s : r \in I, s \in S}$ and contraction $J \mapsto λ_{S}^{- 1} (J)$ give inverse inclusion-preserving bijections between $S$ -saturated ideals of $R$ and ideals of $S^{- 1} R$ (Ideals of $S^{- 1} R$ correspond to $S$ -saturated ideals of $R$ , and prime ideals correspond to primes disjoint from $S$ ).

[L3]

In a commutative ring, $(S)$ consists of finite sums $\sum r_{i} s_{i}$ , and $(a) = R a$ ; the empty sum is included and equals $0$ (In a commutative ring, $(S)$ consists of finite sums $\sum r_{i} s_{i}$ , and $(a) = R a$ ).

[L4]

For a subset $T$ of a ring, $(T)$ is the intersection of all two-sided ideals of that ring containing $T$ (The ideal generated by a subset and principal ideals).

Proof

technique · direct

1.1L1given

Fix the data of the Given line. The set $a = λ_{S}^{- 1} (J)$ is the preimage of an ideal under the ring homomorphism $λ_{S}$ .

2.1L2step 1.1

The contraction of an ideal of $S^{- 1} R$ is one of the two directions of the ideal correspondence, so $a$ is an $S$ -saturated ideal of $R$ , and because extension and contraction are mutually inverse on that class of ideals, its extension recovers $J$ : $J = S^{- 1} a = {r / u : r \in a, u \in S}$ .

3.1L3L4step 2.1algebra

Every element of $J$ lies in the ideal generated by the image of $T$ . Indeed such an element is $r / u$ with $r \in a = (T)$ and $u \in S$ , and $r$ is then a finite sum $r = \sum_{i = 1}^{k} c_{i} t_{i}$ with $c_{i} \in R$ and $t_{i} \in T$ ; dividing by $u$ gives $r / u = \sum_{i = 1}^{k} (c_{i} / u) (t_{i} / 1)$ , a finite $S^{- 1} R$ -linear combination of elements of the image of $T$ . The empty sum $k = 0$ gives $r = 0$ and $r / u = 0$ , which lies in every ideal.

3.2L4step 2.1

Conversely each $t / 1$ with $t \in T$ lies in $J$ , because $t \in a = λ_{S}^{- 1} (J)$ says exactly that $λ_{S} (t) = t / 1$ belongs to $J$ ; and $J$ is an ideal, so it contains the ideal generated by that image.

4.1L4step 3.1step 3.2∎

The two inclusions of steps 3.1 and 3.2 give $J = (λ_{S} (T))$ . Taking $T = {a_{1}, \dots, a_{n}}$ finite yields $J = (a_{1} / 1, \dots, a_{n} / 1)$ .

Remarks

What the cited correspondence does and does not give. It is a bijection between the $S$ -saturated ideals of $R$ and all ideals of $S^{- 1} R$ (Ideals of $S^{- 1} R$ correspond to $S$ -saturated ideals of $R$ , and prime ideals correspond to primes disjoint from $S$ ). An arbitrary ideal $b$ of $R$ need not be $S$ -saturated, and then $λ_{S}^{- 1} (S^{- 1} b)$ is strictly larger than $b$ . The proof above never applies the correspondence to such a $b$ : it starts from an ideal of $S^{- 1} R$ and contracts.
The generating set is not required to be finite. The argument uses only that each element of $a$ is a finite $R$ -linear combination of elements of $T$ ; the finite case is stated separately because it is the one the Noetherian application needs.
The degenerate localisation is covered. If $0 \in S$ then $S^{- 1} R$ is the zero ring, its only ideal is $0$ , and the contraction is all of $R$ ; the conclusion holds because every subset of the zero ring generates its only ideal.

Depends on

Used by

Every quotient and every localisation of a Noetherian ring is Noetherian Theorem

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Sources

B. Totaro, Commutative Algebra (Michaelmas 2011), notes by Z. Norwood, §8 (standard reference, not scraped)
A. Altman and S. Kleiman, A Term of Commutative Algebra, 13th ed., (16.7) (standard reference, not scraped)