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A prime containing an ideal and avoiding a multiplicative set

Statement

Assume the Axiom of Choice.

Let R be a commutative ring, let SR be a multiplicative subset, and let IR be an ideal with IS=. Then there exists a prime ideal p of R such that Ip and pS=.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A commutative ring R, a multiplicative subset SR, an ideal IR with IS=, and the Axiom of Choice.

[L1]

A prime ideal is a proper ideal p such that abp implies ap or bp (Prime ideals and maximal ideals in a commutative ring).

[L2]

A multiplicative subset contains 1 and is closed under multiplication (Multiplicative subsets and the localisation S1R as equivalence classes of fractions).

[L3]

Assuming the Axiom of Choice, every nonempty poset in which every chain has an upper bound has a maximal element (Zorn's lemma).

Proof

technique · direct
1.1

Let Σ be the set of ideals JR with IJ and JS=, ordered by inclusion. The ideal I lies in Σ, so Σ.

givenconstruct
2.1

If CΣ is a chain, then J=C is an ideal containing I. Moreover JS=, because if sJS then sC for some CC, contradicting CS=. Thus every chain in Σ has an upper bound.

step 1.1L2algebra
3.1

Zorn's lemma yields a maximal member p of Σ. Because 1S by [L2] and pS=, the ideal p is proper.

L2L3step 2.1
4.1

Suppose abp while ap and bp. By maximality of p in Σ, the larger ideals p+(a) and p+(b) must meet S. Choose ν=m+raS(p+(a)) and ω=n+tbS(p+(b)) with m,np and r,tR. Then νω=mn+mtb+nra+rtabp, because m,n,abp. But νωS by [L2], contradicting pS=. Therefore p is prime by [L1].

L1L2step 3.1choosealgebra
5.1

The ideal p is prime, contains I, and is disjoint from S, exactly as required.

step 3.1step 4.1

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