Alphabeta Math
TheoremStatement: Literature-sourcedProof: AI-adaptedSession-authored (Fable 5 assisted)precheck passaudited 2026-08-28
How statement and proof provenance work

The first chip identifies the source of the statement or construction; the second identifies the source of its local proof or verification.

  • Literature-sourced: the exact statement appears in a cited source; only wording and notation differ.
  • AI-adapted: a semantically identical restatement of literature-sourced material, modulo indexing, notation, and boundary cases adopted by the library.
  • AI-generated: a genuinely novel statement formulated by AI, with no source for the claim itself.

These labels describe origin, not correctness: citations and verification chips remain separate evidence.

Chinese remainder theorem for pairwise comaximal ideals

Statement

Let R be a commutative ring and let I1,,Ir be pairwise comaximal ideals, where r1. Then the canonical map

Ri=1rR/Ii,x(x+I1,,x+Ir)

is surjective, its kernel is i=1rIi, and

i=1rIi=i=1rIi.

Equivalently,

R/i=1rIii=1rR/Ii.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A commutative ring R and pairwise comaximal ideals I1,,Ir with r1.

Proof

technique · direct
1.1

First take r=2. Choose uI1 and vI2 with u+v=1. If xI1I2, then x=xu+xvI1I2, so I1I2=I1I2. For classes a+I1 and b+I2, the element av+bu satisfies av+bua(modI1) and av+bub(modI2), so the canonical map RR/I1×R/I2 is surjective with kernel I1I2=I1I2.

givenchoosealgebra
2.1

Now assume r2. Fix i and put Ji=jiIj. For each ji, choose ujIi and vjIj with uj+vj=1. Expanding ji(uj+vj)=1 shows that 1jivjIi and jivjJi, so Ii+Ji=R. Choose eiJi with ei1(modIi). Then eiIj for every ji. Given residue classes ai+Ii, the element x:=i=1raiei satisfies xai(modIi) for every i. Hence the canonical map Ri=1rR/Ii is surjective.

step 1.1givenchoosealgebra
3.1

The kernel of the canonical map is plainly i=1rIi. To compare this with the product, induct on r. The case r=1 is tautological and the case r=2 is step 1.1. For r>2, let K=i=2rIi. By the induction hypothesis, K=i=2rIi. Step 2.1 with i=1 gives I1+K=R, so applying the two-ideal case to I1 and K yields i=1rIi=I1K=I1K=i=1rIi. Therefore R/i=1rIii=1rR/Ii.

step 1.1step 2.1giveninduction

Depends on

Used by

Dependency tree · two levels

23 results within two dependency steps of this one, each drawn at its shortest distance from it. An arrow runs from a result to what uses it, so the chart reads left to right and ends at this result, which carries a heavier outline. Every node is a link to that result. Click elsewhere on the chart to enlarge it.

Sources