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A valuation ring is local
Statement
Let be a valuation ring. Then the nonunits of form an ideal. That ideal is the unique maximal ideal of , so is a local ring.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A valuation ring contained in a field .
For every , at least one of and belongs to (Valuation rings).
If and , then is a unit of the ring .
Proof
Let . By [A1], an element of lies outside exactly when it is a unit, so and is proper.
If and , then : if and , then , contradicting .
Let . If , then is a unit by step 1.1. If or this contradicts , so assume . By [F1], either or ; in the first case , and in the second case , again a contradiction. Thus .
Steps 2.1 and 2.2 show that is an ideal. Every proper ideal contains no unit, so every proper ideal is contained in . Hence is the unique maximal ideal of , and is local.
Depends on
Used by
- Uniformising parameters Definition
- Characterizations of valuation rings Theorem
- Equivalent characterizations of a DVR Theorem
- Valuation rings are integrally closed Theorem
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Sources
- M. Mustata, Commutative Algebra, Remark 8.5 (standard reference, not scraped)
- Allen B. Altman and Steven L. Kleiman, A Term of Commutative Algebra, 13th ed., Proposition (26.2) (standard reference, not scraped)